Harry Potter/Tear Jerker: Difference between revisions

* "The scar had not pained Harry for nineteen years. All was well." This troper can make it through a lot of things in the world of fiction in rather stoic fashion, but that line made the waterworks start up. It was like that feeling after you've gone through a long ordeal and it's all over and after so much time trying to hold it together, you just need a shoulder to cry on. And it wasn't just because the story had ended - it was the feeling of closure for a character that really, ''really'' had to '''''[[Earn Your Happy Ending|earn]]''''' [[Earn Your Happy Ending|that happy ending.]] And it was the implication that his horrible childhood and seven (some would argue seventeen)-year struggle with Voldemort had left no lasting damage. He didn't end up going off the deep end. He didn't suffer from waking up in occasional cold sweats with hell itself exploding out of his forehead. He didn't have any worry about {{spoiler|whether a fragment of Voldemort's soul would come bursting out of him at any moment to endanger the ones he loved.}} He grew into a man, married the one he loved (a miracle in and of itself considering her proximity to the violence), and had three healthy, happy children as well as a host of nieces and nephews, achieved his career goal - and then some .<ref>He wanted to be an auror. He ended up becoming head of the entire freaking office - '''at 27!'''</ref>. And they all lived [[Happily Ever After]]. That's essentially what the last sentence says, but more beautiful - more poignant.