Distant Finale - A Pointless Concept of Wall Banging and Irritation.

Am I the only person alive who would never, under any circumstances, write a distant finale? Is anyone else sick of reading an "[Insert Number of Years] Later", when they much prefer to have EVERYTHING open to interpretation and imagination - with only implications for what happens in the future? Or do you just hate Long Distance Time Jumps and prefer the jumps to be, at the most, a few months.

I, for one, would need to be - or have someone else - held at gunpoint to write one of these. On the other hand, I feel somewhat similar about Distant Prologues - we're given something, and then suddenly there's an annoying LEAP into the future.

I can cope better, of course, with either one if they are sequential - a few paragraphs next year, a few more detailing the next, etc. But personal irritation aside, I don't see the point of wasting time with a brief look into the future. 20 Years Later Sequels, however, are a different matter ...

Does anyone else agree with me? Disagree? Please do not put down my Point of View, or try to sway me - I have no intention of doing that to anyone who disagrees with me. I simply don't like this storytelling trope, which I personally find pointless and irritating. It limits the imagination. I personally go out of my way to ignore distant finales even when they appear in canon, considering them Word Of God unless they are only a few months later, or if they are prequels. No other situation counts.

Please tell me what YOU, personally, think.