HP and the Happy Ending

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 32508

    It occurs to me that  WB  probably asked some very pointed 
questions about the planned ending of the series before 
committing to make movies of all seven books. Big money 
producers don't like unhappy endings. (Further discussion of 
this should go to HP_Movie)
     I think the most powerful ending would be bittersweet: enough 
sadness to move us but enough joy to console us. For example,  
Harry finds love and defeats Voldemort, but forfeits his magical 
powers. Since JKR has said she invented the wizarding world 
around Harry (the reverse of Tolkien who came up with 
Middle-earth long before he thought of Hobbits) that would 
explain why she says she isn't planning to  write about it after 
Book 7. It wouldn't be that interesting to her if Harry isn't a wizard 
anymore. 
   Some on this list are saying they would reject the series if the 
ending is too dark. That of course is exactly what WB would be 
afraid of. The normal human reaction to loss is denial, which is 
the opposite of what a world-creating fantasy author is trying to 
achieve. Dark endings invoke denial, which is necessary to the  
cautionary tale (don't let this happen) , or the horror story (thank 
goodness there's no such thing as ...) but is out of place where 
the author's aim is to create a world we want to believe could or 
did exist.

Pippin