[HPforGrownups] Epilogue (was Re: Ron and Parseltongue)

[Lynda Cordova]

No: HPFGUIDX 183367

CJ (Now):
> I will admit to being incorrect about what "had to happen" in the last
> book. But when the major plot line of HBP consists of Dumbledore
> tracking down horcruxes, all but getting himself killed in the process;
> when the destruction of the horcruxes is absolutely essential to
> defeating Voldemort; and when DD specifically commits that task to Harry
> before dying, I think I can be forgiven for thinking that's what we were
> going to get in book seven. Instead, after spending an *entire book*
> setting up the horcrux plot line, she shunts it aside for a new plot
> line that ultimately goes nowhere. I strongly suspect -- though of
> course I cannot prove -- that if there had been no DH plot line, nary a
> soul would have noticed those "gaping holes".

Lynda:

I get your point.  Mine is that the horcruxes were destroyed. Every single
one of them!!!! Not the way I thought they might be, but they were. It is a
common plot in fantasy literature for the questors to camp in the wilderness
on their journey--why would I expect HP to be different? It is also common
in fantasy literature for the questors to hunt various objects. Again, why
should I be surprised that this was part of the HP saga?
It's a very long series, into which many supporting and minor characters
were added. Would it have been nice to see how the ended up after the
story's conclusion. Yes. Was it necessary to the plot? Absolutely not. And
it would have necessitated a volume so large that it would make transporting
it more than a little difficult.  (That's personal--I read on the bus and
some of the HP's are a little hefty to handle already). And I still don't
see how the DH plotline goes nowhere--seems to me that it works nicely into
the rest of the series. The horcruses are destroyed, Voldemort is
vanquished, and on top of everything else we learn a little of the the
legends and folklore of Rowling's wizarding world.

Lynda

Lynda


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