The editor was sobbing

[eggplant107]

No: HPFGUIDX 167015

"grackel13" <awedekind at ...> wrote:

> The end of the WW would indeed
> be occasion for sobbing 

Indeed it would be sad, but just to prove that I'm not a fan of just
any old unhappy ending I think that would suck big time. The very
worst ending to the Potter series would be for Harry and all other
wizards to lose their powers and become Muggles. It would be even
worse if they were happy about it. Far too many fantasy and science
fiction stories end with the object of wonder being destroyed, the
astounding alien planet blows up, the incredible creature is killed,
the secret to the amazing invention is destroyed, and the time machine
is run over by a train; so everybody can go back to their safe and
boring pedestrian lives. For the life of me I can't image a more
unsatisfying ending, even a sickly saccharine "and they lived happily
ever after" ending would be better.    

But I could be wrong even about that, perhaps JKR will find a way to
turn a lemon into lemonade, but I don't think I'm wrong.  

Eggplant