Comments | auntbeast: things not mentioned

auntbeast

things not mentioned

Jul 23, 2007 08:30

( spoiler question... )

Comments 17

fencerlitdiva July 23 2007, 16:21:00 UTC

hehe You're right. Wouldn't surprise me. I'd just really like to meet JK and ask her "Why the twins?"

mt_morphine July 28 2007, 09:17:18 UTC

And why Colin Creevey? That was just mean. She was trying to hurt me with that one.

ciceronianus July 23 2007, 19:43:57 UTC

She probably doesn't need to, although I can see her wanting the certificate. Maybe after all that happens, being alive, having Ron and Harry, and having her family back are enough?

But probably not ;)

auntbeast July 24 2007, 13:38:07 UTC

i feel like she would want something. maybe not right away, but that desire to excel would kick in and she'd want the diploma. i mean, how bored would she be after a few months in a voldemort-free, school-free world? plenty bored.

ciceronianus July 24 2007, 14:06:19 UTC

What, you mean her true love with Ron wouldn't be enough?

Maybe she went to Muggle school?

auntbeast July 25 2007, 13:24:51 UTC

i always maintain that wizards graduate from hogwarts and go to the unseen university in ankh-morpork on discworld. it's only logical.

variablez July 26 2007, 02:42:07 UTC

Hermione, Ron, and Harry, at the very least, receive honorary degrees so as not to have to go back to school for what would undoubtedly be a rather mundane and useless year. They've already learned far more than they ever could have learned if they'd stayed in school another year, and those with degree-bestowing power realize that.

I know this because JKR is still - even after having written 7 books based in wizardry - not very good at Occlumency. So there.

- Zohar S.E.

auntbeast July 26 2007, 14:25:31 UTC

touché...

kelly_jones July 26 2007, 14:31:54 UTC

I found myself wanting to know what their careers were. Yes, they all live happily ever after with spouses & kids, blah blah blah, but what are they doing all day long, 19 years later?

mt_morphine July 28 2007, 09:30:16 UTC

Shara Fares and I have just been discussing precisely that point. Harry and Ron wanted to be Aurors, but is that really a viable career option in a post-Voldy world? And I assumed Hermione would at least be Headmistress by now, if not Minister for Magic.

kelly_jones July 30 2007, 13:26:26 UTC

After so much focus on academics & achievement & Hermione's braininess, apparently "growing up" really just means getting hitched, having kids, and learning how to drive a car. Wait, it's only the male characters who drive the cars. Ok, I'm getting ranty. But I really wanted a bit more from that "19 years later" epilogue, you know?

mt_morphine July 30 2007, 19:36:40 UTC

I agree. Did it seem like this book could have done with more time and more editing? Did we really need so many Snape memories, given that we already knew he had a crush on Lily? Why were the remaining horcruxes so relatively easy to destroy after the locket? What happened to Griphook?

And the epilogue? Lame.

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mt_morphine July 28 2007, 09:25:59 UTC

I concur. Why is Neville, the one who kind of sucks at school (alright, except herbology), the only one who is a professor? I refuse to believe that being married to Ron and having children called Rose and Hugo (not Fred?) are enough for Hermione. Maybe she started a magical university where they offer courses in the humanities. Because the wizarding world seems to need that, especially in these post-Voldy times.