[HPforGrownups] The (Hated) Epilogue

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 172501

Katie wrote:
> Don't get me wrong  -  I wanted an epilogue. Desperately. I really 
> wanted to know what happened. But I wanted it to be sooner than 19 
> years later, first of all. That was too far. And, I wanted it to be 
> true to the series. It just was off. Too Disney and cute and 
> perfect. 

Bart:
But that's pretty much the point; to show that all the sacrifice was 
worthwhile. It was also supposed to show that Harry was finally cured of 
his hero complex.

I know that I have a habit of bringing other stories in, but there was a 
Broadway musical called PIPPIN, about a young prince who is offered by a 
Satanic figure an extraordinary life, and, having found out what 
extraordinary is, decided to give it all up for an ordinary one. That is 
pretty much what the epilogue was all about; with all the adventure, all 
the heroism, all the fighting, and all the death, to the heroes (not to 
mention Draco), an ordinary life looked pretty damned good.

Bart