[***SPAM***]: Re: [HPforGrownups] Re: Endings - OT Side Note - Comedy vs Tragedy

[Maria Gromova]

No: HPFGUIDX 85248

Berit wrote:
>
> Bboy_mn; are you implying I am an American? Not all "foreigners"
> prefer dark endings and tragedy, as a European I love happy endings.
> But my cultural taste is probably under heavy American influence
> then :-) Still, I can't for my life see why the Harry Potter story
> has to end in dull, boring "tragedy". Because it would be incredibly
> disappointing if Harry, at the end of book 7, woke up in his bed in
> Privet Drive, realizing he had only dreamt the whole story, or; as it
> has been suggested; Harry is denied the magical world and all his
> best friends to go back to live in the muggle world. Better let Harry
> die a hero's death which would be a much more fitting end to the
> tale. I'm not saying I WANT him to die, but I sure don't want him
> back to the dull, grey muggle world...
>
> Berit
> http://home.no.net/berjakob/snape.html
 Now Maria:
Hear, hear!
Honestly, why has one to be an American if one hopes for a happy ending? Why
it has to be some tragedy!? I am a Russian, and I definitely don't think
every good story has to have a tragic end. I dislike tragic ends, actually.
What is wrong if I like Harry and don't want him to die!? I'll be depressed
if the series ends like this, but the 'dream' option and the 'muggle' option
are far more horrible. If any of them comes true, I quit the HP fandom, as
then the author   whom I like will turn out to be a cheating and inhuman
person. But I trust her and know she is better than that.
Firmly,
Maria.