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<blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 3657257" data-attributes="member: 2205"><p>Yes, I realize that.</p><p></p><p>Not exactly; Rowling herself had Auror as Harry's career aspirations all through book 5 and 6. </p><p>Yes, I know, that's why I pointed out that I thought it was disappointing that none of that was resolved. What'm I missing here? You've just restated exactly what I was already saying.</p><p></p><p>Neville as second greatest wizarding hero of the modern age? <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /> I was glad to see him finally come into his own, but... uh... no.</p><p></p><p>I actually had a discussion with someone who thought that the epilogue and whatnot was <strong>too</strong> pat, which made the book seem like a children's fairy tale. I pointed out that 1) the entire series has always been written and published with an eye towards youngsters being the primary market, 2) plenty of "adult" books have happy, even "pat" endings. Jane Austen was infamous for it, in fact.</p><p></p><p>That led me along a train of thought that I'd actually have liked the book to end in a Jane Austen type ending to be honest with you, which caused my wife to laugh out loud and call me a "closet romantic." I would really have loved to actually <strong>see</strong> the resolution of the Ginny and Harry romance, and the epilogue would have been better set only a year or two later, not nineteen, and been the big double wedding of Ron/Hermione and Harry/Ginny. It could be a big reunion, where we see all kinds of other characters talking about what they've been up to career-wise, we could have found out that Neville was engaged to Luna or something, Seamus and Dean could be planning a double wedding with the Patil twins (Dean did mention that he thought they were the best-looking girls in their year, IIRC, in <em>Goblet of Fire</em>, etc.</p><p></p><p>Yes, even more cheesy, but hot damn! I would have liked it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Desdichado, post: 3657257, member: 2205"] Yes, I realize that. Not exactly; Rowling herself had Auror as Harry's career aspirations all through book 5 and 6. Yes, I know, that's why I pointed out that I thought it was disappointing that none of that was resolved. What'm I missing here? You've just restated exactly what I was already saying. Neville as second greatest wizarding hero of the modern age? :lol: I was glad to see him finally come into his own, but... uh... no. I actually had a discussion with someone who thought that the epilogue and whatnot was [b]too[/b] pat, which made the book seem like a children's fairy tale. I pointed out that 1) the entire series has always been written and published with an eye towards youngsters being the primary market, 2) plenty of "adult" books have happy, even "pat" endings. Jane Austen was infamous for it, in fact. That led me along a train of thought that I'd actually have liked the book to end in a Jane Austen type ending to be honest with you, which caused my wife to laugh out loud and call me a "closet romantic." I would really have loved to actually [b]see[/b] the resolution of the Ginny and Harry romance, and the epilogue would have been better set only a year or two later, not nineteen, and been the big double wedding of Ron/Hermione and Harry/Ginny. It could be a big reunion, where we see all kinds of other characters talking about what they've been up to career-wise, we could have found out that Neville was engaged to Luna or something, Seamus and Dean could be planning a double wedding with the Patil twins (Dean did mention that he thought they were the best-looking girls in their year, IIRC, in [i]Goblet of Fire[/i], etc. Yes, even more cheesy, but hot damn! I would have liked it. [/QUOTE]
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