Last word scar? (was: return to normalcy)

[redwooddawn]

No: HPFGUIDX 172718

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> Katie wrote:
> <snip>
> > 
> > No, I didn't love the epilogue, either. It was trite and lite and 
> > didn't fit with what we know of the series, the characters, or JKR's 
> > writing. I felt like she had written it a long time ago (which she 
> > did actually do, right?) and then felt she couldn't, or shouldn't, 
> > alter it. 


> Carol responds:
> <snip>
> Primarily, though, the epilogue makes it clear that Harry can now live
> rather than survive, he can be "just Harry," as he's wanted to be from
> the moment he found he was famous. (He can live with his fame now; his
> younger son doesn't even know that his father is "really famous.") 
> As a whole, the epilogue is JKR's way of establishing, without really
> needing to say so in that last sentence, that all is well.


redwooddawn:

I was still expecting the last word to be "scar." With so many specific comments made in 
interviews over the years, I was expecting more closure, but the fact that Harry lives a nice 
normal life with people he loves is reward enough.



For entertainment purposes only, (I wouldn't DARE, EVER want to rewrite any of the books)
and because I was so inexplicably attached to the book ending in "scar" I offer these 
alternatives:

- Little Albus trips as he steps onto the train and Harry consoles him by saying "Albus,
don't worry, it won't even leave a scar."

OR

George is there too, with two sets of twins and another couple children he's sending off to
school, and he passes out cigars in honor of his seventh child being born. (hopefully his
first born, a daughter, is named Fred) Harry says,"You know, I've still got a scar on my
pinkie from the last cigar you handed out.  What is this one gonna do?"  And
George says, "Relax, Harry, sometimes a scar is just a scar." (yes, terrible, terrible, I KNOW 
!)

I especially wanted to touch base with George to know that he was able to find joy in life 
after losing his twin.  I really feel cheated on that count.