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Originally Posted by Viriditas  WARNING! EPILOGUE SPOILER
And am I a total geek for NOT hating the epilogue? I know most people wanted a detailed explanation of what happened to each and every character, but then it would be like a bad 80's movie where they do a freeze frame close up on each person with their fate written underneath. "Minerva McGonagall was headmistress for 5 years then retired to Spain," "Lucius Malfoy had a transforming spiritual awakening and ended up teaching basketball to underprivileged muggles." And who wants to go into a huge explanation of all the little narrative details that wouldn't fit in elsewhere? How exhausting after what just happened!
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Picking nits here, but Brits generally don't play basketball
Football, maybe?
I loved the way that she actually captured the idea of the devastation that Voldemort carried out on the wizarding world. I cried for Dean, a kid of 17 who was wandering the world in hiding, alone and scared because his father left his mother so he couldn't prove his bloodlines
And yes, I know that wizards come of age at 17, but that doesn't mean you're ready for that kind of emotional stuff. Plus wizards traditionally do the grand tour after Hogwarts, keeping them safe and sound and supervised until age 20 or so... and equally, I was surprised that Lily and James were so young when they died, and therefore so young when they had Harry.
Am I cynical, or did anyone else see the announcement of Tonk's pregnancy as the moment when she and Lupin donned the red shirts? I thought that was both sad and predictable
Can someone tell me about Aunt Petunia? Did she end up helping Harry? Did she know more than she let on? Anything else special about her?
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