The Epilogue
 

Was it all you hoped it would be? Too much? Not enough? I know we're all going to have opinions on this, so go ahead and share yours. :)


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really candy-sweet, though I think if it was written so much time ago, it had to be something we least expected... my opinion on the double name... it's OK, people :lol: I loved it, and Draco's son's name too, I still didn't get who the spouse was, but it doesn't really matter
was the phrase "All was well" the definite ending Jo was talking about? I mean, it is clear to me that if there's no more scar pain, there's nothing to worry about, so there's no conflict
the point was to prove that Houses can cooperate, that love will defeat everything and that there is much more in some characters than we thought :) so this part was shockingly surprising, but I loved it

Actually I was shocked when I read it...I didn't expect it but in Fanfictions...Albus Severus..COOOOOOOOOOOOOOl

most likely Bill and Fleur's daughter

Then again, it's still a book for children so for the opposite ending to what was in the book to happen, it's abit gruesome I guess. It's kinda cliche but Jo did manage to drive home a point about morality. =) I liked the book! I wished she had added in what happened to the Dursleys though! Who was the person who managed to do magic in late life? Um...does it mean Petunia was a witch too?

I thought it was weird. It was like perfect alternate reality. There's no way everything would have been that great. I hated it. THough its really creepy, Almost all the shippings and kids names were almost all in a fanfic I wrote post-HBP. Except the Ted-Victoire thing and Hugo, I called him Richard.

I loved it! I loved how it showed Draco was still alive. Being a HUGE Draco fan, that pleased me the most. I thought it was a sweet ending. But it kinda leaves me hanging...

I was super-happy that Ted Lupin got a mention, AND A GIRLFRIEND!!!!
I just hope he spends more time with Victoire than Remus did with Tonks *wails even more*

It was very sweet. I'm sorry but Draco's sons name is Priceless...Scorpious XD! I love it!
But everyone knew that Harry and Ginny's kids...well two of them would be called James and Lily...but Maybe its James Sirius Potter. But ehm Yeah Albus Severus...[Tear]
Soo sad.

i didnt like it at all and i dont know why.

i felt it was distant to the story i know it was to show that they lived happy and life moved on but still

woul have prefered how things got back to normal after!

was the only thing i didnt like about the book

Or George's and someone else's or Charlie's and someone else's or Percy's and someone else's XD Yeah.

Anyway, I loved the epilogue, I really did. Especially the whole scene when James was talking about the snogging thing :lol: And Albus talking to Harry about being put in Slytherin. That was just beautiful. I'm just sad there's no Sirius or Remus in the family XD

Well, I thought it was veeeeery cliche to have them leave at Kings Cross, but what are ya gonna do. Albus Severus was awesome, finally Harry shows Snape a kind of respect, and Scorpios. You can't not laugh, can you?

Yes, its their daughter!

But anyways the epilogue, I dint know would be there, but then I'd read that major spoiler *epilogue part* two days back..... *long story....:(*
but yes it was surprising to see it, and to think of it now I'd never have thought Harry'd have three kids......:lol:

But I loved it when Harry said to lil Albus Severus, about Snape being one of the bravest teachers at Hogwarts.Yes thats got to be the best line for me in the epilogue, or possibly in whole of the DH.

After all the bathblood we've endured before, the epilogue was the perfect way to finish the story. A 'pink' ending to relax and say goodbye.
But I would have preferred a more detailed account!
I'd love to know more about the reorganization of the magic world after Voldemort and what happened to so many beloved characters.

I didn't like the epilogue at all, honestly. Especially for someone who felt like the H/G hadn't been vindicated, I would've loved a scene with Harry and Ginny where I could've been convinced. It still feels like whambam to me. I felt that the epilogue was too sugary sweet and too tied up. I did enjoy the Albus Severus part, I admit (I love Dumbledore and Snape, but really. Albus Severus. Poor kid) but I think a scene where they slowly rebuild their lives, or just doing without the epilogue at all would've been brilliant.

The Epilogue was, of course, how we all want to see the quad...happily married with children, finally living in a world free from the ever-present shadow of Voldemort above their heads. It kind of felt like it came from a fan fic though. It was interesting to see what names JKR gave to the children, and how Ron, Hermione, Harry and Ginny interacted with their children. I'm not so sure it really fit with the rest of the book though. Don't get me wrong, I loved it to pieces! However I do agree with it being a little too short and fast. I would have preferred a scene between Harry and Ginny, and Ron and Hermione just after the defeat of Voldemort. Just to show us how they got together after the battle and what their emotions/feelings were about the whole ordeal.
I guess there did have to be a limit...it had to end sometime!
I do so love the book though...

To be honest, Icouldn't bring myself to read the entire Epilogue yet, but stopped after the first 2 pages. It seems surreal and way to cheesy for my liking.

I won't lie, all the new characters and who's children they were, that was entirely too confusing. I did like Albus, though. He was so cute.

And what are the odds that James Potter II is just like James Potter the first, incarnate?

I was glad for an epilogue, though. She could've picked a better setting though. Like Harry and Ginny's wedding, or Ron and Hermione's. That would've been a laugh.

*wails and sobs like anything*

i'll come afterwards when i have lived the emotions again

This confused me at first and I had to go back and read it over because I was confused. When, I read it again though I thought it was wonderful. I really did because I thought it was a great way to end the book. I loved Hermione and Ron's kids names the most as I thought they were adorable. I did love their names though especially Albus Severus as that was too cute! This was a great way to end the books for me.

I love the fact that Harry's son has a double name i think it shows who Harry really loved in the end. Who he truly believed in. I am so happy that he had three kids it was more that amazing. I think ron and hermione was perfect and that the fact that they name their son hugo is insane. I too did not know who victorie was but fleur and bill's make's sence and then the fact that she was with ted makes even more sence becuase of the whole werewolf thing. I am soo glad that neville works at hogwarts. I think it was his true calling thing. i am also glad that they through a little draco in there. I agree that it was extremley short, i was hopping for a little more on some other characters, Luna, neville, pansy, the death eaters, george, percy, and all of them. But i cried as i read the last sentence.

I liked it. It really wrpaed things up. But I always thought that the last word was gonna be scar

I thought it was straight out a FanFic :P I thought the names Albus, James and Lily were ... overdone ... I mean EVERY FF u read that ends up in Ginny&Harry havin kids are named Lily and James ... it was sweet, however, i cant argue that XD it was the perfect ending for a teenage fantasizing girl :lol:

I knew Snape wasn't rotten! Wah :( Although it's weird how Harry's other kids have ordinary, short names but Albus has both Albus and Severus tagging along..
I think the epilogue looks really like it's been written in a tearing hurry.. I would have wanted to see a more complete picture - of George, and the other Weasleys at the very least.
Also, it's only Harry's and Ginny's kids (and Ted Lupin) who're named for someone.. everyone else's got unconnected names - it sounded awkward in there..

All in all, I loved the book but not the epilogue, nor that abrupt jump to 19 years later. Still, it leaves a lot open to the imagination now!

I too, felt it was a little too much like fanfiction. Of the whole book with all the deaths and blood and foul language, the epilogue was the only part that felt to me like it was written for children.

I suppose i just wasn't expecting such a happy ending? I dunno. Ron and Hermione should have named their son Fred, IMO.

It was a bit too fairy-tale how all the teenage love-doves survived, but hey
Albus and Teddy rock.

I didn't think the epilogue was necessary. In fact, I could have done without it. I still needed something to imagine and wonder about, and now that is gone. In this respect, I am disappointed with JKR. I didn't want, or expect a gushy happy ending, and I feel the epilogue was overkill.

i agree that it was sort of... cliche, but i did enjoy it nonetheless. i do wish that a bit more detail had been added about other characters, as well as the process of reconstructing magical society. and it would have been nice to hear about the dursleys, after harry's and dudley's 'moment' in the beginning of the book. i loved the bit about draco and his oddly-named son! it made me glad to see draco 'give a curt nod', as it was at least a hint of respect. ron's comments to his daughter were halarious! anyway, overall, i deeply enjoyed the book, and i am glad it ended so well. i knew it would.

The Epilogue was cute, but for me it reinforced the way a few chapters in PS/SS were written (Harry reiminiscing on learning he was a wizard). It would have been nice to have more details on the other characters/families - ie. jobs, children, etc.

I for one didn't like the epilogue. I feel like it didnt a bit more, I just felt empty with the ending. Although it was nice, I just felt like J.K. could of added something more to put the ending over the top

It was good but i still think harry and hermione should of ended up togather.They also should of told us want happen to luna.I liked draco noticing harry at the train station.But it was a good ending like if she wanted to go back and write she could.

I liked it, but one question:

who in their right mind would name their son Scorpius???

I liked the Epilogue (why 19 years though?) I think it was too short, there definitely should have been more about other characters. I liked the inclusion of Albus Severus, especially when Harry tells him about who his is named after.

I Really think JKR should have written more though, just a few sentences here and there for some closure. Like what happened to Umbridge and Lucius Malfoy? When Ron (or is it Harry?) says "look who it is" (referring to Draco) I would have liked one of them say something like "his father's up for parole next month and Umbridge the month after" - something as simple as that. I really wanted to know what happened to these evil characters that seem to squirm their way out of things.

So many questions and not enough answers...

I believe it was 19 years so that Harry was the same age as his father, 36.

I wish it was a bit longer and more detailed, like what they had done since. Jobs and stuff as well, and more of the characters.

Did James die when he was 36!!!

I loved the epilogue, but I reckon it was too cliche and perfect. I really wasn't expecting something like that from J.K. Although it did tie up things nicely, I reckon it should've been something...well, less cliche.
I did cry when I read the last sentence though. I can't believe that Harry Potter's finally over.

I believe that James died when he was 21, as in DH it said he was born in 1960 and died in 1981.

So, Why Jo chose after 19 years in particular??

I felt that the epilogue was perfect. It was JUST what JKR wanted and needed to do.

Firstly, the reason it felt so fan-fiction-y was because that was what FF writers have been speculating all along. Not because it was easy or sappy, but because those of us who shipped that way felt that was the probable outcome (Some of us don't write these things just to see what might come of it but weave our theories into the story). After all, Jo always said, if you understand the characters and understand the Great Stories, you KNOW how this is going to turn out.

Secondly, there can be no speculation about the future of these characters. Harry married Ginny and Ron married Hermione and they all lived happily ever after, the end. No room for future uprisings in those 19 years; of stray Death Eaters exacting their revenge. It's done, and it was GOOD, and she didn't HAVE to kill Harry, even though she easily could have and still made it work out.

Thirdly, Jo is happy with this book (including the epilogue). All through it, it felt comfortable reading it (like favorite slippers), and I never fretted the questions I had as I went along, I was confident that she'd make it all right by the end and she did. That she is satisfied with this is enough for me. I couldn't be happier with this book.

It was kind of sickening, like a cliche fanfic. I'll get over the fact that I hadn't wanted the two couples to live happily ever after, but really, all their kids are BFFs and kissing each and stuff? Plus we didn't find out what would have been more interesting, their jobs and their life directly after Voldemort. Also, "Albus Severus Potter"? Gotta feel sorry for that kid, considering his brother and sister got normal names. Couldn't it be like "Sirius Albus Potter" and "James Severus Potter"? Just sounds more normal...and where did "Rose" and "Hugo" come from?

The epilogue was perfect. I know that it was too short to suit some people, but I feel that making it longer would allow less for the imagination.

Harry and Ginny marry and have three kids: James, Lily, and Albus Severus. I love that he named Albus Severus after two of the most amazing people he ever knew. I love how Albus is a little unsure of himself and how Harry tells him that he wouldn't care if he was in Slytherin or not. James was too cute!
Hermione and Ron get married and have two kids!
Victoire was more than likely Bill's and Fleur's daughter. Just look at the name, really. I'm glad that Ted Lupin made a show too!

It was good, and I'm pleased.

What about the Harry-Hermione thing that should have happened? Oh well. They'll still all remain friends. I do wonder who Draco married, what became of Luna, who else teaches at Hogwarts (what staff remain), and just some other details. But overall....GREAT!

It was wierd noticing all the names of the kids and that that had been mentioned in so many fanfics before. Kinda wierd, but I got over that quickly.

At the time I was reading it, I was liking it and psyched when I found out about Neville. I loved loved loved the part with Harry talking to Albus Severus about possibly being in Slytherin. Gotta say, it was cute.

Overall, I'm upset. Only 6 characters (that were living during all other books) were mentioned. So many were left out and I want to know so badly what happened to them. Is McGonagall still alive and headmistress? Who else do we know is teaching at Hogwarts? Luna? Weasley's? Dursley's? There are so many characters I want to know what happened in their lives that I still don't know. Okay, tell me, does anyone know if this is completely false or possible: JK will write a little book to tell how everyone else's lives ended up. Not a book with a plot or anything, but just saying what happened to each character.

I though it was alright, I really thought Harry would get the D.A.D.A. job at Hogworts and mabey even become Headmaster someday.

I hate to insult Jo and the fact that this epilogue was finished years and years ago, but I wasn't crazy about it, personally. It was kind of cheesy. The bit about Albus Severus was sweet (although I just liked that Harry came to terms with Snape, d'awwww...), but otherwise it was just like, "... whoo, never saw that coming D:"

And... the last line. Redundant! They all got married and had babies, of course all was well! It just seemed unnecessary.

Plus, the fact that everybody named their kids after previously existing characters got to be a bit overbearing and confusing, did anyone else feel that?

I would have prefered the epilogue done in the way Dickens finished off A Christmas Carol A simple narrative explaining where everyone went with their lives. This read a bit like Fanfiction to me. But you know what? It's not the way I would have ended it, but after all the insanity Harry and co. have been though, ridiculous Fanfictionesque sweetness in their future almost makes for an appropriate counter-balance.

OMG! I simply adored the epilogue! I was thrilled to see Ron and Hermione got married and Harry and Ginny and they all had kids! I personally would have liked to see one of Harry's sons named Sirius. I love how there's James and Lily though. Sadly, I think Hugo is a funny name. Along with Draco's son's name, Scorpius or however it's spelled. I was curious to know who Victoire is though. :hmm: I agree with Hermionespell, it could be Fleur and Bill's daughter since she is cousins with James, who is a Potter, who is related to the Weasleys, making Bill and Fleur's child, his cousin.

I'd be fairly certain Victoire is Bill and Fleur's daughter, the French name sorta gives that away.

I think it's 19 years because that's when Albus Severus is getting on the train to Hogwarts, along with Rose. I guess it's a nice tie up.

I think the Ep was far too short. Mind you I wouldn't have complained if it was another 700 pages... :p

I really wanted to know what happened to McGonagall, the other teachers who stayed, The Malfoys, What happened to the Dementors? Did they go back to Azkaban? How's Az guarded now (if not). Which of the Death Eaters lived, and what happened to them. What are the rest of the Weasleys doing now? How did George manage after losing half of himself (Fred), there was NO mention of George finding out about Fred's death in the book!!!

Oh, and, most of all, what do the four do for a living?! The book alludes to Hermione becoming a healer, but what about the others?

Well written, but left too many loose ends for my liking. Very frustrating.

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I disliked the Epilogue and I feel that Rowling lied about it. She said we would find out everything about all the characters who lived. Instead we got a little cheesy bit on Harry's kids.

Far too much like bad fanfiction.

Too sweet... too happy. I personally think the epilogue shouldn't have been included. I thought it was just weird reading all the names of the characters that had died as kids of the main characters. It's too big of a jump for me, as much as it said "19 years later..." to go from Ron/Hermione sharing a kiss over house elf liberation to having two kids.

All said, I did enjoy reading it, and a thought it was funny, and important, especially Harry's line about Snape. Still... it left a lot to be desired.

I really didn't think it was need. I think the book would have been prefect if it ended with the last chapter and Harry's line, "I've had enough trouble for a lifetime".

The funny thing is I saw the scan of the Epilouge the week before the book came out and I thought this can't be the real one because Harry's kids names are just too hokey.

I would have enjoyed it better if we found out what happened to more of the characters - maybe if it was at Harry's birthday party or something.

I thought the epilogue was a bit cheesy, yeah I know it's a kids book and people like happy endings and all that but I really didn't need to know what happens with everyone 19 years later.

And I agree that it should have just stopped at when Harry said "I've had enough trouble for a lifetime"

Agree. Fully. The Epilogue as is is nice enough, and kind of interesting, but summing up how things returned to normal would have seemed better to me. Maybe 2 parts of the Epilogue, one part summerizing the return to normalcy, and the other jumping ahead.

I don't know. Seemed too....clean and light for how dark the books have gotten. But....maybe that was just Jo trying to tie it up by kind of going back to the "Happy Time" but....it just wasn't what I had expected at all.

Seemed to just want to give an ending a happy note, but left us with a lot of questions and curiosity about everyone else.

What happened with the Dursleys? Specifically Dudley, who had come around to Harry at the end....er...beginning.

I think it was wonderful. The epilogue was meant for us and for jk. she needed some closure as well as we did, and this is how she chose to do it. this is what she wanted to show us. I can't believe that some of you are criticizing her....

*caalm, calm*

sorry, but I love the books. all of them. they are perfect.

Yes Harry would be 36 now, but when was James 36? He was 21 when he died, and would have been 31 when Harry started in his first year at Hogwarts. So James would have been 36 when Harry finished his last year at Hogwarts (6th year as he did not do the final 7th year) Could that be the connection???

Any other ideas why 19 years later???

'make sure you bet him in every test, Rosie. Thank God you inherited your mother's brain.' That was real cute. ;)

i think having an epilogue was better than nothing. Even though it was a little too perfect.

i really didnt like it at all! i was disapointed wioth it because the rest of the book was so fab!

Yeah i agree..what did happen to the dursleys..Hmm... :hmm:

It was an ending that surely ended the series

But it just didnt seem enough..A bit Mediocre..but i guess thats how it was suppose to be...Average, to show how everything went back to normal

I personaly feel that in general Epilogues are a sign for the end, this one had a look of not closure but openness to me and made you see that it had worked and that it was to no avail and Voldemort was still dead.

I just have one question..... Who is the new Hogwarts Headmaster?:r/hr:

I believe McGonagall would have been Headmistress immediately after Voldemort was defeated... as for nineteen years later? who knows.

I SO AGREE!!! Way to childish for such a full to the rim adult book.

Plus, someone should have named one of their kids Fred. It's just not right for Harry to name the kids after his parents and people he loved for A fallen Weasley to not have been in their. UGH!

It was horrible.

Maybe it's my own fault for speculating too much, for building it up, for coming to my own conclusions.........but it was weak, it was disappointing and it was too sugary.

I'm going to be a diva now but I feel really let down, nothing has ended for me, I honestly believe that JK couldn't let Harry go, so she held on and........well..........I'm not happy..........

I still can't believe Harry and Ginny named one of their kids Albus Severus...that part was a little too cliche for me. If you think about it, this kid is living in the 21 century with a name like Albus.

Not only that, that's what JK did through out the whole book. Everyone was named after a relative or close friend...I guess she did that to make it easier to come up with names.

True, very true...but not everyone had a happy ending. Sirius spent 12 years of his life in Azkaban and he spent the last two years of his life in hiding. Remus and Tonks died and left a very young son behind. So not everyone had a perfectly happy ending. Fred's life was cut short and he didn't marry or anything...

Personally I think the epilogue spoilt what was a good ending. It seemed like it hadn't been polished in the 17 years since Jo had first written it. What it told us was nothing we couldn't have assumed - and there were glaring omissions, such as Luna and the careers of the kids. This may have been purposefully done, to let fans decide, but then that destroys the point of having an epilogue in the first place. The worst thing about it though has to be the over-use of dedicatory names. I really loved Deathly Hallows, but I personally could've done without this chapter.

In which year was this epilogue?? I mean when Harry has 36 so it will be in 2016..

Lol.Absolutely!!

Yeah,I too was hoping for more on George,(specially) n the rest of them.What happened to george??

Dont be so sad.It isn't over.It'll never be over.So long as we choose not to end it!
I too think that Victorie is Bill n fleur's son!I love it that Hary's finally happy.Hey!He deserves it!
Yeah,Since Harry was born in 1980,it would be 2016.That's 9 years ahead of our time!!

Well, Harry would have been 18 in the summer after the war, so that would make him 37 in the epilogue (as it's set in September 2017).

I loved everything that happened BUT the epilogue...i don't know why, but i really think that the epilogue was really extracted from a fan fiction i've read somewhere in the internet...it was too perfect...short and fast...i was imagining her giving the endings of all the characters....especially Luna....although Teddy and Albus were cute...hehe...i was crying to death at chapter 36...and when i read the epilogue...i was rather disappointed that i was excited about it before...really... The last book is my fave though...even if the ending was... i dont wanna say it... nuff said...hehe... ;)

The epilogue was too shorrt in my honest opionon and was probably the most dissapointing chapter of the entire book.

Its great how JK showed that finally after so many hard times and so many losses that Harry finally something good was to come out and finally he was to experience what it was like to have a family. It explained Ron and Hermione very well producing those silly comments we often hear from Ron with Hermione correcting him.

To me this should have been spread over a couple of chapters (20 year span)maybe explaining about the Rebuilding of Hogwats and the Ministry of Magic going through each of the key people in book and closing with Albus going on the train. The last paragraph in the book is exactly how the book should have ended and I commend JK Rowling for that.

I however still would love to know what happened with

Harry, Hermione, Ron and Ginny... Did Harry finally become a Aura like he always wanted? What did Hermione, Ron and Ginny end up becomming occupation wise?

The Dursley's, did harry make contact with them ever again? Petunia/Dudley seem to finally understand that Harry was not a freak.

What happened with George, the life long ambition of the twins was to open a Joke Shop.... Did George / Lee continue this business?

Kingsley Shacklebolt while he was announced Temporary Minister for Magic... is he now the Minister and if not, who is?

Bill and Fluer Weasley did they have kids, if so is that Victorie that Ted is dating?

Did Ted take on the traights that Lupin had or maybe did he have a strong taste for raw meat?

Luna Lovegood.... what happened to her, I am totally perplexed as to why she was not mentioned at all?

Professor Mogonagal, did she end up assuming the Headmaster of Hogwarts again?

Hagrid, did he and the giantess end up getting together... we only hear that he is having tea with albus a week after the first day back.

So many characters either got the tinyest or not mentioned at all... I hope that JK has plans for another book that will explain the wizarding world. I don't wish to see another Harry Potter and the.... as I think the adventures of Harry Potter has been explained.

Yeah Harry Potter and the Happily Ever After... ROTFL. Please NO! But I do feel the general public hasn't liked it. They want nothing or more. So I'm sure she'll have to write something else. She left it too open, to not write more.

Totally agree with nathanieljb....

Whatever happened to my beloved Luna!?

I loved the epliogue; it was a nice way to end the series...and I can imagine all the fics that will come pouring out soon over it. And namiing Albus after Snape and DD was wonderful I teared up at that name. It sounds weird though Albus Severus Potter? But mystical in a strange way too.

It also showed that the world had changed in the last 19 years, we caught a small whiff of it, and I can imagine a small friendship from Harry and Draco, after all Harry saved Dracos life plenty of times.

I am sorry but I didn't like it very much I found it to be the must disappointing . I mean I am glad that Harry & Ginny - Ron & Hermione got together and had children. Yet what about everyone else? What happen to Luna, the rest of the Weasley’s, the Dudley’s, and so on. Where is Harry and Ron working?

There was so many questions that was not answered. So instead of making it seem all tied up it just left the gap bigger.

I think (although it's not mentioned along with 100's of others things) that George would have named his son after Fred.