The Fundamental Message of the HP books?

[Judy]

No: HPFGUIDX 175740

I asked:
>> Anyone feel like re-writing the ending to the book? :-)

And va32h replied:
> Yes, I do, and I am, Judy! Actually, I'm writing my own entire 
> version, because, like you, I really cannot stomach the one that 
> we've been given. 
[snipped about disappointment in reading the book, but being 
encouraged by the enthustiastic fans]
> Well I have re-read the book, and I am no longer angry about it. 
> Still irritated, but that sense of outrage has faded away. 
> There are parts 
> that I actually quite like. The Forest Again, The Silver Doe. 
> But I also firmly believe that JKR lost sight of her own series. 
> Either it got away from her or she just became tired of it - but I 
> don't believe that Deathly Hallows is a fitting end to the series. 
> I don't believe it captures the spirit of Harry Potter as I have 
> come to know it, and I don't care what JKR says about her series 
> anymore. Her story is not just *her* story, she's shared it with us 
> and it's ours now too. 
> 
> So, just for me, to give me peace of mind, I am writing my own 
> personal version of Deathly Hallows. And to prove (to myself, I 
> suppose) that it isn't about characters dying or pet theories not 
> being right, I am not completely reimagining it. Everyone who died 
> in the real DH with die in 
> my version, and I will even keep the two theories I hated the most 
> (LOLLIPOPS and Harrycrux). But I am going to fix what I think went 
> terribly, terribly wrong. Sure, it will only happen inside *my*
> head, but why should that mean it is not real?
> 
> Anyway, if you are similiary unhappy with DH, I suggest you try
> writing your own version too. It's very cathartic. 

You go, girl!  And, I liked what you said about "Sure, it will only 
happen inside *my* head, but why should that mean it is not real?" If 
you are actually writing this out, though, I'm interested in reading 
it -- I'll email you. 

I'm not sure if the story got away from JKR, or if it just was never 
the story that I thought it was.  Dumbledore in particular bothered 
me in DH, as I noted by contrasting his speech in GoF with his actual 
behavior when a Death Eater wanted to return. Dumbledore always 
seemed to me to be the moral center of the book, and if he wasn't 
what I expected, that the whole series wasn't what I expected, 
either. 

I guess it's ironic that I feel like we didn't "know" Dumbledore 
until after he was dead!  If JKR had never told us anything more 
about the character after his death, I think many people would view 
the end of the series very differently.

I also have started "rewriting" the book, as of about a week ago, but 
I don't know if I'll have time to get very far.

-- JudySerenity