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Harry Potter extended epilogue? (unmarked spoilers)
« on: July 29, 2007, 01:50:17 AM »
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This is from an interview, more details on the end of the book

Rowling said her original epilogue was “a lot more detailed,” including the name of every child born to the Weasley clan in the past 19 years. (Victoire, who was snogging Teddy — Lupin and Tonks’ son — is Bill and Fleur’s eldest.)

“But it didn’t work very well as a piece of writing,” Rowling said. “It felt very much that I had crowbarred in every bit of information I could … In a novel you have to resist the urge to tell everything.”

But now that the seventh and final novel is in the hands of her adoring public, Rowling no longer has to hold back any information about Harry Potter from her fans. And when 14 fans crowded around her in Edinburgh Castle in Scotland earlier this week as part of TODAY’s interview, Rowling was more than willing to share her thoughts about what Harry and his friends are up to now.

Harry, Ron and Hermione
We know that Harry marries Ginny and has three kids, essentially, as Rowling explains, creating the family and the peace and calm he never had as a child.

As for his occupation, Harry, along with Ron, is working at the Auror Department at the Ministry of Magic. After all these years, Harry is now the department head.

“Harry and Ron utterly revolutionized the Auror Department,” Rowling said. “They are now the experts. It doesn’t matter how old they are or what else they’ve done.”

Meanwhile, Hermione, Ron’s wife, is “pretty high up” in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, despite laughing at the idea of becoming a lawyer in “Deathly Hallows.”

“I would imagine that her brainpower and her knowledge of how the Dark Arts operate would really give her a sound grounding,” Rowling said.

Harry, Ron and Hermione don’t join the same Ministry of Magic they had been at odds with for years; they revolutionize it and the ministry evolves into a “really good place to be.”

“They made a new world,” Rowling said.

The wizarding naturalist
Luna Lovegood, the eccentric Ravenclaw who was fascinated with Crumple-Horned Snorkacks and Umgubular Slashkilters, continues to march to the beat of her own drum.

“I think that Luna is now traveling the world looking for various mad creatures,” Rowling said. “She’s a naturalist, whatever the wizarding equivalent of that is.”

Luna comes to see the truth about her father, eventually acknowledging there are some creatures that don’t exist.

“But I do think that she’s so open-minded and just an incredible person that she probably would be uncovering things that no one’s ever seen before,” Rowling said.

Luna and Neville Longbottom?
It’s possible Luna has also found love with another member of the D.A.

When she was first asked about the possibility of Luna hooking up with Neville Longbottom several years ago, Rowling’s response was “Definitely not.” But as time passed and she watched her characters mature, Rowling started to “feel a bit of a pull” between the unlikely pair.

Ultimately, Rowling left the question of their relationship open at the end of the book because doing otherwise “felt too neat.”

Mr. and Mrs. Longbottom: “The damage is done.”

There is no chance, however, that Neville’s parents, who were tortured into madness by Bellatrix Lestrange, ever left St. Mungo’s Hospital for Magical Maladies.

“I know people really wanted some hope for that, and I can quite see why because, in a way, what happens to Neville’s parents is even worse than what happened to Harry’s parents,” Rowling said. “The damage that is done, in some cases with very dark magic, is done permanently.”


Photos by Andrew Kandel for TODAYshow.com


Rowling said Neville finds happiness in his grandmother’s acceptance of him as a gifted wizard and as the new herbology professor at Hogwarts.

The fate of Hogwarts
Nineteen years after the Battle of Hogwarts, the school for witchcraft and wizardry is led by an entirely new headmaster (“McGonagall was really getting on a bit”) as well as a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. That position is now as safe as the other teaching posts at Hogwarts, since Voldemort’s death broke the jinx that kept a Defense Against the Dark Arts professor from remaining for more than a year.

While Rowling didn’t clarify whether Harry, Ron and Hermione ever return to school to finish their seventh year, she did say she could see Harry popping up every now and again to give the “odd talk” on Defense Against the Dark Arts.

More details to come?
Rowling said she may eventually reveal more details in a Harry Potter encyclopedia, but even then, it will never be enough to satisfy the most ardent of her fans.

“I’m dealing with a level of obsession in some of my fans that will not rest until they know the middle names of Harry’s great-great-grandparents,” she said. Not that she’s discouraging the Potter devotion!

“I love it,” she said. “I’m all for that.”

Was this posted? I'm reading through it now that I finished the book. I was wondering who the hell Victoire was. That epilogue was cute, but it left me hangin'. Not enough details, I think. It doesn't tell us anything about the magic world. It just talks about the kids going to Hogwarts. Pretty underwhelming ending.
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Re: Harry Potter extended epilogue? (unmarked spoilers)
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2007, 01:57:35 AM »
I liked it. One of the things JK said in the interview is that to her, the epilogue was like looking through a misty outline of something; you can see enough to get the point, but not enough for a full, detailed examination. It served the epilogue well imo. If the epilogue had more details - such as the ones she mentioned - there would be more complaining from people saying "oh it felt too packed." Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

The details about Luna really brought a smile to my face. She really stole OOTP imo (along with the Weasly twins) and was perhaps the best new character introduced in the later books.

I can't wait for the encyclopedia. It'll shine more light on the actual world. And personally I wouldn't mind reading a bit more about Ginny, Neville, and Luna's adventures at Hogwarts but I doubt that would be included :D
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Re: Harry Potter extended epilogue? (unmarked spoilers)
« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2007, 02:07:29 AM »
I really want to know more about the world, to be quite honest. The whole fairy tale of the three brothers really gave me a craving for more actual in depth looks at wizard history and beliefs, because that story was fucking awesome.
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Re: Harry Potter extended epilogue? (unmarked spoilers)
« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2007, 02:11:07 AM »
I really loved that chapter. The Deathly Hallows became more interesting than the horcruxes actually, and it was handled brilliantly.
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Re: Harry Potter extended epilogue? (unmarked spoilers)
« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2007, 02:14:05 AM »
Totally agreed on that point. Deathly Hollows had a certain mystique and mystery about them. All in all, great stuff that chapter.

I can't wait to watch the movie for this, if only to see Neville slash off the snake's head off with the sword.
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Re: Harry Potter extended epilogue? (unmarked spoilers)
« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2007, 02:21:16 AM »
I loved how when they all received those gifts, each seemed rather stupid. A children's book, a snitch, and a light put-outer lol. Early on I figured the book must relate some important story concerning the quest, but I thought it would be about horcruxes. Until it was explained I thought the Deathly Hallows was a location or something.

And when it was revealed the cloak was one, I immediately thought back to Dumbledore taking the cloak from James the night he died. That brought even more doubt about Dumbledore into my mind at the time, and I began to really think he was power hungry for them. He took the cloak, dueled for the wand (which I also "got" before it was explained), and greedily took the ring/stone which would have killed him with or without Snape's help;. But despite all that I still trusted Dumbledore, and in the end it all worked out his way. For the greater good...

Another little thing I liked was the Taboo thing. For 6 books it was always strange that wizards still referred to Voldermort as "you-know-who"; it always seemed like a quirky little thing relating to fear. But in book 7 you see exactly why he was referred as such during his previous reign.
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Re: Harry Potter extended epilogue? (unmarked spoilers)
« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2007, 02:22:05 AM »
Yeah I thought the you know who thing was a nice touch.
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Re: Harry Potter extended epilogue? (unmarked spoilers)
« Reply #7 on: July 29, 2007, 02:26:57 AM »
I really want to know more about the world, to be quite honest. The whole fairy tale of the three brothers really gave me a craving for more actual in depth looks at wizard history and beliefs, because that story was fucking awesome.

I really want to know more about wizarding culture in other countries. We've been teased with mentions of France, wherever Durmstrang is, and America having schools, but we don't know much else about the condition of things outside Great Britain.
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Re: Harry Potter extended epilogue? (unmarked spoilers)
« Reply #8 on: July 29, 2007, 03:18:03 AM »
how did ron and  harry revolutionize auror work
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« Reply #9 on: July 29, 2007, 03:20:21 AM »
how did ron and  harry revolutionize auror work

Beats me. Sounds like Rowling was just trying to make the kids in attendance really happy.
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Re: Harry Potter extended epilogue? (unmarked spoilers)
« Reply #10 on: July 29, 2007, 03:39:14 AM »
Sounds like a cop out, just like the rest of Deathly Hollows.
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Re: Harry Potter extended epilogue? (unmarked spoilers)
« Reply #11 on: July 29, 2007, 04:11:11 AM »
Did you read the book?
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Himu

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Re: Harry Potter extended epilogue? (unmarked spoilers)
« Reply #12 on: July 29, 2007, 03:02:51 PM »
The more I think about it, the more I think the ending sucked. We don't know what happened in the wizarding world after Voldemort was defeated at all. Most of my questions are mainly "what happened to this person", questions I shouldn't have at all.

1. Did Harry ever bother to see the Dursley's at all after defeating Voldemort? Because it seems awfully pathetic for Harry to not try to scope them out again, especially after it was obvious Petunia was just always jealous of him and Lily because she didn't have magical powers. Trying to attempt to not remend their relationship after seeing what went on in the pensieve is so non-Harry like.

2. Who takes care of Ted? His grandmother? Is he a warewolf?

3. What happened to George? Does he still run the shop without Fred?

4. Why does the juicy info like what Harry, Ron, and Hermione does for a living appear only in the interview with Rowling? Why wasn't that in the book. Talk about half assed.

5. What happened to Hermione's parents?

6. What happened to Kreacher?

7. Did they rebuild Hogwarts?

8. What happened after Harry defeated Voldemort? Did he tell people about the Horcruxes? Did they bury Voldemort or bury his body?

9. In the interview Rowling says that Harry and Ron apparently innovated auror work. HOW?

I had more questions earlier. Hopefully I'll remember them in due time but the more I think about it, the more I realize that one was half assed epilogue.
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