Well I'm happy with the ending. I happen to like DH and HBP for that matter. I like the whole story line. Preference for ship not withstanding. The films are replacing the books anyway. Funny how films replace books. To this day, people think The Wizard of Oz was something Dororthy dreamed. Totally wrong of course. After seeing off the Wizard in his hot balloon, Dororthy had more adventures. She had to visit the Witch of the South. she really did leave Kansas, and would come back for visits for years afterwards. There were a total of 6 Oz books. Oh and there were never any ruby slippers. They were silver. There were two Alice books. Screwy versions of only the first book. The last Alice had for the first time a combo of both books. The have never made a version of Alice Through the Looking Glass. My favoritie rewrite of books has to be the 1941 version of Wuthering Heights. The ending of the movie was the exact middle of the book.
If it was TV, then it probably was done. I was thinking more of films. They usually make films of what is recognized by the non-reading public. Most people have heard of Alice in Wonderland, not the second book. Also TV has the means (of time) to make films fitting the book better. Same thing with the Oz book. The Wuthering Heights fiasco was MGM boss enamored with the Cathy/Heathcliff romance, so they skipped Cathy's, Heathcliff's children part 2 in favor of romance.
Per the HP books. People will think a) Harry is a midget b) Hermione is a hot blond, c)Ron IS the village idiot. d)Ginny is a mousy face doormat. Oh...Snape is really Alan Rickman. At least Dumbledore did not swish.
Marietta turned out to be a very minor plot device. I find her fascinating and actually "played her" in a couple of RPGs; in my mind she's a Ravenslyth - she's intellectual but also takes care of herself first.
Certainly change the shipping. Leave everything ambiguous. Not say a word about who ended up marrying or not and then refuse to answer. Butnewp- ol' control freak Rowling couldn't do that.
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I didn't touch on the epilogue, but you're right, there's a lot of fans who would target that one final chapter for their wish!
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