Epilogue (was Re: Ron and Parseltongue)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 183319

Shelley:
> where she could have really used her fans- they had extensively put
together  lists of plots and subplots that needed to be resolved for
the series to be  complete, and I really think that if she had read
them, and reread her  series, that the ending would have flowed a lot
more better.

Pippin:
I co-wrote one of those lists and allowing for red herrings (aka my
Lupin obsession) and some  minor plot threads that JKR admitted to
dropping (Florian Fortescue, the person who does magic later in life)
I think most things were resolved. But you can see for yourself. 

http://www.hp-lexicon.org/essays/essay-the-list.html

The answer to "Will the Houses unite" is in DH, for example, it just
wasn't the answer a lot of readers thought they would hear. But we
found out what happened to Norbert(a) and who had Sirius's bike. 

Plot twists in DH  like James not having fought Voldemort I simply
don't believe are errors -- James is famous partly for something that
he didn't do, and that's not an issue for Harry for obvious reasons.

Kemper now:
Perhaps I don't understand your question...
We see a Good Ravenclaw (and a bad with Marietta). We see only good
Hufflepuff kids. We see Good Gryffindor (and bad, or at least very
creepy, with McLaggen).

Pippin:
There aren't any Ravenclaws or Hufflepuffs that Harry wants to get
matey with, once he's dropped Cho. If getting matey with Harry is the
definition of a Good Slytherin, there aren't any Good Ravenclaws or
Good Hufflepuffs either. 

Shelley:

 Ron had no interest  to learn Parceltongue, that evil language of the
Slytherin's that was  explained to be not a very common gift, nor a
good sign to everyone around  them, and so suddenly Ron is supposed to
admire this gift enough to want to  try and replicate it? 

Pippin:
Did you miss Dumbledore explaining that there are also Parselmouths
among the great and good? Or is Ron supposed not to have noticed that
knowing parseltongue didn't make Harry evil? Parseltongue enabled
Harry to destroy the locket and to rescue Ginny from the Chamber (and
wouldn't Ron and Harry have retold that story to Hermione and Ginny,
complete with sound effects?)

 There may be fans whose love for Rowling inspires them to defend her
more than she deserves. I think there are also fans (or ex-fans) whose
dislike for the way the story ended inspires them to find ever more
reasons not to like it, not all of which I find compelling.

Pippin