Epilogue Bashing

[Annette]

No: HPFGUIDX 172953

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister" 
<gbannister10 at ...> wrote:
>
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, OctobersChild48@ wrote:
> 
> > There is so much bashing of the epilogue going on that I am 
posting this  
> > excerpt from Cheryl Klein's (editor at Scholastic) blog about 
Deathly  Hallows.
> >    
> > And this leads me to the epilogue. It is not receiving much love, 
I see some 
> > people hate it because it doesn't answer all their questions, 
some  people 
> > hate it because it gives answers they don't want, and some 
people  just find 
> > it cheesy. I think it paid off five essential themes of the 
series  (not just 
> > the 
> > book): 
> 
> <snipped>
> 
> Geoff:
> I see the arguments behind this reply but what really annoys me 
about 
> the epilogue is that it is skimpy.
> 
> I made reference to Tolkien's ROTK recently. In Appendix B "The 
Tale of 
> Years" , he spends some time at the end detaling what happened in 
the 
> years following the fall of Sauron by mainly outlining briefly what 
the 
> main characters did. It is not long or over-detailed but tells us 
whether 
> so-and-so got married, how many children they had, maybe a brief 
> comment on what they did as one example Sam became the Mayor of 
> the Shire for several terms) and when they died. It amounts to no 
more 
> than a couple of pages but ties up a whole heap of loose ends.
> 
> This doesn't happen in DH. What has happened to the Hogwarts staff? 
> Has George married? What about Dean or Seamus or Hagrid? And who 
> did Draco marry - what has he been doing over this time? And all 
the 
> rest....
> 
> We have invested huge amounts of time in following the adventures 
of 
> our friends through seven years and are left scratching our heads - 
> except for one family. Was it worth having an epilogue or should it 
> have been left to us to speculate? 
> 
> I suppose fanfic will have a go at filling the gaps but the 
epilogue 
> currently leaves me feeling as if I had been invited out to lunch 
and 
> only given a ham sandwich. 
> :-)
>
************** with you here Geoff. should have been another chapter 
set in Hogwarts putting things straight. This glimpse into the future 
is pure fan fic which is great if thats your bag but not as a way to 
end the series. I think JKR was influenced too heavily 
by 'shippers'who wanted proof positive that the schoolday romances 
would go all the way. 
Cariad, impatiently awaiting  the encyclopaedia.