I'm sooo grateful to HDhols for introducing me to writers I don't know! A friend told me about this, and it made my day. Yes, "creepy" is the word for the epilogue. For most of the story, I could ignore construction to get into the story -- but the epilogue compelled me to find excuses for JKR. Although I wrote a canon-compliant story, I doubt I'll write another with that epilogue, because I simply don't respect it.

Thank you for a great illustration of why fanfic often transcends the original.