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[mistress_kizuna]

Do I hate the Crapilogue?

Yes, yes I do.

Why I do...

1. There was no true sense of closure and the important questions we wanted answered weren’t getting answered. What about the old storyline of house unity and full acceptance of people no matter what Hogwarts House they are in or their bloodlines? What about equality for all non-human species like

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[aloysiusweasley]

HA - I think half the fandom just tore the epiloge straight out of the book! (I went for the permanent marker route, myself ;)

She said she scrapped the original ending, saying it was "too much like an encycopedic listing of what everyone was up to after the war" or some such like that, but I would have loved an ending like that!

If you're interested, about 6 months ago I did a whole big long series of posts shredding the last book, which I deemed "Dudley Swallows". If you're interested, feel free to stop on over n' comment and all that fun stuff. I've also got a listing of some of the awesome posts all about disliking the last book on one of them as well - there just aren't enough complaints written, if I say so myself. ;)

[swell]

Vomit. I just noticed that Ron and Hermione had Rose and Hugo. No wonder he has such a terrible name... how many other H names are there for men besides Harry? Then again, even Henry would be better than HUGO.

[reddi_whipped]

I'm thinking of other "H" names for Hugo, but it's not easy.

Hal (crazy sci-fi computer)
Hamlet (his classmates wouldn't dare mock Shakespeare, would they?)
Harvey (BIRDMAN!)
Heathcliff. (Heathcliff, no-one should, terrorize the neighborhood...)
Hercules. (lol...no. Just no)
Hogan. (Say hi to Col Klink for me, kid.)
Hunter. (least terrible of the bunch? Might offend Hermione's love of all creatures, great and elf.)

More bad names

[gehayi]

Hans or Hansel (Only if you want him to spend a lifetime fielding questions about where Gretel is.)
Harlan (Middle name "Ellison.")
Hector (He can grow up to star in Troy!)
Herbert ("Are you sure you're HER Bert and not HIS Bert?"))
Herman (If you want to name the boy after his mother...)
Hilary (His classmates will find this one Hilary-ous.)
Horatio (He'll grow up to be a pimp. And know all about the whore ratio.)
Howard (A name like Howard Weasley is just begging to be turned into "Cowardly Weasel.")
Hubert ("Our son's been so difficult since he entered Huberty.")
Humphrey (Only if you want him to be called Hump and Hmmph forever.)
Hyacinth (A horrible name for any kid. Also, I can't help thinking that the middle name should be "Bucket." Pronounced "Bouquet.")
Hyman (Yeah, right, give the kid a name that's one letter off a piece of tissue located in the vagina.)

Re: More bad names

[mistress_kizuna]

LOL! Awesome.

[lobsterbelle]

I totally agree. The whole happy families thing seems pretty unlikely and very unrealistic. And none of the more moralistic plotlines of the books were ever concluded. Unity and acceptance were alluded to quite frequently. But what do we get for an ending? Loads of poorly named children.

[reddi_whipped]

True. Nobody learns anything. I cringed when Ron boasted about cheating on his driver's exam. He dismissed not looking in a rear-view mirror as if were nothing because he can always charm the mirror to do it for him. Um, Ronnie, that's illegal. Remember the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Dept? If it weren't for his Order connections, they would have (and quite possibly should have) booted your Dad out for monkeying with a Ford Anglia.
Charms can be broken or switched. Remember how those Support Potter badges were charmed to say Potter Stinks? Or the twins' messing with Percy's Headboy badge? The jinxed broomstick that Harry nearly died falling off? Charms are not a fail-safe guarantee. And even if they were, it is the driver's responsibility to pay attention on the road and not run people over. Asshat

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[ingriam]

You're not; it's spiritual incest at its most disturbing.