I've forgotten over the years what magic people work with Harry Potter!
That was poetry in prose, poetry in prose.
This line in particular caught me flatfooted: Draco Malfoy only exists for you in a train station, autumn to autumn, Christmas to Christmas. Grindelwald only rises when Dumbledore shakes his hand; Tom Riddle only succeeds because there’s no one here to meet him; Severus Snape’s driving force in life was Lily Potter’s eyes, and Rosie will smugly outshine Scorpius just because her father told her to.-- And isn't that just what JK meant, and yet not?
Look at that, you've taken a Mary Sue'd epilogue and made it full of adult misery and elation. I think I'd rather read this than the book again, or read it through new and more contemplative eyes.
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I've forgotten over the years what magic people work with Harry Potter!
That was poetry in prose, poetry in prose.
This line in particular caught me flatfooted:
Draco Malfoy only exists for you in a train station, autumn to autumn, Christmas to Christmas. Grindelwald only rises when Dumbledore shakes his hand; Tom Riddle only succeeds because there’s no one here to meet him; Severus Snape’s driving force in life was Lily Potter’s eyes, and Rosie will smugly outshine Scorpius just because her father told her to.-- And isn't that just what JK meant, and yet not?
Look at that, you've taken a Mary Sue'd epilogue and made it full of adult misery and elation. I think I'd rather read this than the book again, or read it through new and more contemplative eyes.
So thank you!