End of Harry Potter Series

[psychic_serpent]

No: HPFGUIDX 44764

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "oz_widgeon" <Littlered32773 at y...> wrote:
> I had not considered this possibility, but now I'm thinking about 
> it, and it irritates me.  If this is how it worked out, I would be 
> MAD. I HATE books and TV shows that end like this.  Anyone remember 
> Sue Ellen (I think) waking to find Bobby in the shower in the TV 
> show 'Dallas'?  I was pretty young (my parents were huge fans), but 
> it stuck with me, and still irks me today.  

Erm, yes, I mentioned the Dallas debacle in the post to which you are 
replying.

> :)  The whole "dream" 
> thing shows a lack of planning and imagination on the writers part. 
> They've painted (or written) themselves into a box and the only way 
> out is to make it all a dream (cop out, cop out, cop out!!!).  I 
> think we all know that JK has done plenty of planning, and does not 
> lack imagination, so I'm HOPING this is not how it will turn out.  
 
Lack of imagination?  Why would the magical world not being "real" 
mean JKR has a lack of imagination?  As you pointed out, we have ample 
evidence to the contrary.  It wouldn't even have to be a matter of a 
boy named Harry waking up from a dream; it could be that all along she    
intended the epilogue to be about a girl named Joanne waking up and 
preparing to take her first book manuscript, about a boy wizard named 
Harry Potter, to an agent, in hopes that she would escape her dreary 
life and find success as a writer.  The irony is, of course, that she 
woke from her dreary life years ago and is now successful beyond the 
wildest dreams of any writer (perhaps now she fantasizes about being 
able to drink coffee in cafes without being recognized).  Whether JKR 
leaves open the possibility of a Harry who grows up and goes out into 
the world or reveals that it is a story invented by a boy named Harry 
or girl named Joanne escaping the monotony of an otherwise 
unremarkable existence, it is still more worthwhile than most of the 
dreck out there and if she pulls a stunt like that I think she has 
chutzpah to burn and salute her.

--Barb