Disney and *Aida*...

[Scott]

Ebony wrote:
"Which makes me think of something else.  Why is "happily ever after" 
so  important to us?  Is it because of the uncertainties of our own 
lives that we want a sure thing when we read?  So that we" (we what?)

--Ooh Ebony what a good question! I'd be interested in hearing other 
people's thoughts on it, especially those who are pro-OBHWF ending of 
the HP books. As a small kid everything was always "...and they lived 
happily ever after." 

I think your observation that it has to do with the fact our own 
lives are rarely so perfect is an accurate one. I mean how many 
people really do live happily ever after? Not many, or maybe happily 
ever after, the perfect ending people always dream of, does come true 
all the time. I'd venture to say the living happily ever after in our 
own lives is simply realising we can't. And if we know it's not 
possible then why do we want to read it? 

The more I think about it, the more confused I am. As much as I want 
things to be good and right, as I grow the more I find myself 
enjoying the not so perfect endings. Am I just a cynic, or is it a 
sad fact of growing up, but I don't buy the perfect endings anymore, 
and I don't find them nearly as enjoyable for that reason?

Scott