History YMMV / HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows

** Creator/DomnhallGleeson had a couple of supporting roles before appearing as Bill Weasley, but he'd really hit it big in TheNewTens.

* TastesLikeDiabetes: [[spoiler:The epilogue is this to its detractors. All it was missing was "And they all lived happily ever after." Then again, "All was well" is basically another version of that phrase. Someone on Livejournal created an animated icon that displayed the words "rocks fall everyone dies"; then, against a fluffy cloud background: All Was Well.]]

** It doesn't apply only to shippers. A [[BrokenBase substantial percentage of the fandom]] disliked the Epilogue for coming off as [[TastesLikeDiabetes overly cheerful]], as it depicts most of the characters settling down into traditional child-rearing and family roles. Rowling has pointed out that [[TruthInTelevision this is completely normal for post-war populations]] (it's where the Baby Boomers came from), as well as for Harry and his personal longing for a nuclear family, but some readers were still disappointed at how mundane it was. And then others found the whole thing felt like an EsotericHappyEnding, as [[StatusQuoIsGod nothing substantial really appears to have changed]] in the magical society with regards to the government or Muggle-born relations (some even point out that, without these significant changes, there really isn't anything to prevent the rise of a new Dark Lord in the future).

* InformedWrongness: Hermione once again plays Sirius death at Kreacher's hands a cautionary tale and more or less states that Sirius suffered a KarmicDeath for his poor treatment of house-elves and even equates how Sirius treated house-elves with how Voldemort treated him. The stated false-equivalency strikes many readers as off-base since [[spoiler:Voldemort exploited Kreacher as a stooge and left him to die, while Sirius was merely cold and indifferent to him he would certainly not have killed him or treated him in such fashion, and the idea that being cold and indifferent to someone makes one the same as the main villain in the eyes of Kreacher makes it come across as completely unjustified]].

* HarsherInHindsight[=/=]{{Foreshadowing}}: In ''Part II'', when Harry returns to Hogwarts and Ginny is predictably overjoyed to see him, passing right by Ron, who indignantly makes note of this to Seamus, who points out that Ginny has loads of brothers as opposed to only one [[LoveInterest Harry.]] Anyone who's read the books or seen the films before knows that line implying Ginny's brothers are expendable, is going to age ''very'' badly...

** In the book, Hermione beats up Ron after he returns. Many felt it was a huge case of DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale and that Ron wasn't entirely at fault for the situation that led to him leaving, and it wasn't helped that Ron felt he deserved to get beat up too. In the movie, Hermione only verbally berates him, and Ron has a DudeWheresMyRespect respone.

** Aunt Petunia’s actress Fiona Shaw would go on to play a witch on Series/TrueBlood [[spoiler: which can now be seen as Aunt Petunia getting what she wanted all those years ago.]]

* EndingAversion: Downplayed. The epilogue wasn't received well, what with Harry [[spoiler: naming one of his children [[ManipulativeBastard Albus]] [[SadistTeacher Severus]]]] and how half-hearted it came off as compared to the rest of the book, but the final few chapters of the story itself were well-received.

* DracoInLeatherPants: Well, it had to happen eventually. After the defeat of [[spoiler:Voldemort, Draco reforms and, in the epilogue, ends up being just another parent sending ''his'' wizard offspring to Hogwarts]].

** In this book, the Death Eaters become a legitimate nation-wide threat and take over the Wizarding Government, unleashing a campaign of terror against Muggle-born and Muggles. This is the perfect territory for any TheUnmasquedWorld scenarios, especially because the Death Eaters ''want'' Muggles to live in terror so they most likely wouldn't be using the enchantments designed to preserve TheMasquerade anyway. Muggle Society could have also helped the good wizards by providing resources. However, the Death Eater's coup is ''still'' not treated as good enough of a reason for the Order of the Phoenix, the Golden Trio, or any of the other wizards to at least warn the non-wizarding population about the danger to let them know what's going on and give them a chance to protect themselves. We're also never given any indication of what Muggle Society went through during Voldemort's year-long control of the Ministry or even if TheMasquerade was threatened because of the Death Eaters.
** While it's nice that the series ends with an unambiguously good minister (Kingsley Shacklebolt), Scrimgeour dying meant we never got to see him function as monster in the post-war world and actually realize his mistakes.

** The Gringott's Dragon, especially in the movie. The [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds poor little thing]] is extremely old, somewhat weak, and almost ''blind'', and by the time it escapes it seems to be absolutely astonished that it's finally free. The movie drives the point home by having it actually struggle to stay aloft at first, implying that it doesn't get out much (read: at all).
** The Dumbledore siblings are revealed to.have all been this at some point.

** And then there's the bit with Bathilda Bagshot [[spoiler: where Nagini is possessing her. [[Film/FantasticBeastsTheCrimesOfGrindelwald She got to be human again just for a time]]]].

** And then there's the bit with Bathilda Bagshot [[spoiler: where Nagini is possessing her. She got to be human again just for a time]].

** Voldemort's death in the book is a confirmation of the fact that, for all his power and attempts to seek immortality, in the end he was just a man. In the film, he breaks up into pieces which float away, which rather detracts from that.

** [[spoiler:"NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH!!!!"]], which made Molly Weasley ascend to badass status.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: During the wedding, Fred comments that when he gets married, everything will be mellow and he'll put Molly in a Body-Bind Curse until it's all over. While this sort of speech is typical of Fred and George, it becomes quite tragic after you've finished the book.

** "How dare you stand where he stood!?"[[labelnote:Explanation]] Harry confronting Snape after the latter succeeds Dumbledore as Higwarts' headmaster. The quote has been repurposed by fans to express indignation whenever [[ReplacementScrappy a character is replaced by someone far less liked.]][[/labelnote]]

* While it's nice that the series ends with an unambiguously good minister (Kingsley Shacklebolt), Scrimgeour dying meant we never got to see him function as monster in the post-war world and actually realize his mistakes.
* Mad-Eye mentions his house, but we never get to visit it (in part because he is killed so early in the book).
* UntionallyUnsympathetic: The fact that none of the good wizards bother to break TheMasquerade to help the Muggles protect themselves from the Death Eaters makes it look like they value their isolationism over the fate of the world ''even when a world-ending threat will destroy both societies''. It also further establishes the belief most wizards hold that Muggles aren't remotely intelligent enough to even defend themselves from anything even though the wizards refuse to let them know magic exists. There is a line from Kingsley Shacklebolt when the trio listen to a Potterwatch radio broadcast where he reminds listeners to cast protective charms on the homes of Muggles they know, suggesting there was some protection being done in secret, but there are no active examples of this.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The fact that none of the good wizards bother to break TheMasquerade to help the Muggles protect themselves from the Death Eaters makes it look like they value their isolationism over the fate of the world ''even when a world-ending threat will destroy both societies''. It also further establishes the belief most wizards hold that Muggles aren't remotely intelligent enough to even defend themselves from anything even though the wizards refuse to let them know magic exists. There is a line from Kingsley Shacklebolt when the trio listen to a Potterwatch radio broadcast where he reminds listeners to cast protective charms on the homes of Muggles they know, suggesting there was some protection being done in secret, but there are no active examples of this.

** Aberforth and Ariana Dumbledore. Don't believe us? Read "The Missing Mirror" again.

** Harry's BrokenPedestal moment when he learns that Dumbledore, someone he used to look up to, had once expressed uncharitable views towards a marginalized group, can come off harsher due to Rowling's controversial views on transgender people. Especially since Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Bonnie Wright and Katie Leung publicly disagreed with her views.