The Dark Tower Ending - I HATED IT! **SPOILERS**

[rainking]

oy got a fair deal, he just wasn't in central park when susannah came through the door because he was still alive and well with roland at that time. i feel susannah hooked up with the real eddie and jake, if a second oy were to appear already it would make the whole thing feel like she was hooking up with lookalikes.

oy will be with jake before they get back to white plains

[wisemo]

Last night after 8 years I figured out the real ending to the book. Spoiler if you have not read.
Rolands Redemption Song.

When Roland reaches the top of the tower he see's the door with his name on it but before he opens it he reaches down to his side to touch the horn of cuthbert, and the flash of his story to date happens before his eyes, he decides not to open the door but go back down the tower, and enter the door to save susan before she is burned alive he enters the world just in time to save her he enters through a magic door above Susan and tells the people he is Author Eld and what there doing is wrong as Ruu of the Coo that witch bitch tries to open her mouth Roland blows her brains out, he then frees Susan and rides of to meet up with Roland finding him right before the pink glam is going to whisk him away and show him the tower, at that moment he shoots the pink ball shattering it forever, but young Roland in reaction shoots Roland who falls to the ground dying, young Roland is united with Susan but confused at who the old stranger might be, Susan tells him it's Author Eld himself come back to save her, dying Roland says ah Gunslinger death for me but never for you, at this point a crow(Martin) watching the seen seeing the glam has been destroyed and Roland lays dying flies off when the crow is suddenly nailed by a hawk, instantly the crow transforms into Martin and the hawk is attacking his face and in an instant he is shot dead by both the old and young Roland. Then Roland with his dying breath says Long days and pleasant nights I go to my clearing. Then he wakes up in that rc fake cola, merker scropio world where he is in front of a great feast next to an older Susan it is Christmas and all his family is there his son Jake, eddie dean and his wife Detta Dean, his old friend Cuthbert and Alain and the 3 old guys who took care of the rose all those years, and Oy as a golden shepard and a parrot named david squaking beans beans, and Rolands mom and dad sitting in rockers and in the middle of the table is the most spectacular rose as we zoom in on the rose where transported to a different scene, where back in Gilied at an even more spectacular feast celebrating the defeat of John Farson and the marriage of Roland and Susan, and this time everyone is still alive Stephen, Rolands mom, Cort, Vannay. It ends with Roland and Susan kissing and everyone cheering, then we leave this scene and go to the tower but the crimson king has arrived at the entrance to the field of roses and in his hand is one of rolands guns perhaps the gun thrown away by detta walker in a certain trash can. He thinks he has finally figured how to enter the tower but unfortunately he is attacked by a huge bear he is one of the 12 guardians the crimson king turns into a spider and starts to quickly run away only to find himself pursued by all the guardians but the crimson king escapes into a cave where he gets away, accept its not a cave at all but the mouth of a giant turtle the guardian, and the crimson king was his lunch. The End and that's how the story really ends, because Stephen himself said this is not his story he was merely channeling the tale but he could no longer here the music but I have finally set things straight so Stephen you need to write a wrong how could you ever do that to Roland you got lazy and forgot the face of your father, this is not your story but I have now set things right so fix it, or I will Misery your ass.

[Connie Reader]

I don't want to say much because I don't know yet how to use that spoiler button (i read it in the welcome threads but I've forgotten, I'll get better I promise!) but I will say...I loved it. It WAS heartbreaking, but in that heartbreak it was beautiful and right.

[JohnDalglish]

I have finally set things straight so Stephen you need to write a wrong how could you ever do that to Roland you got lazy and forgot the face of your father, this is not your story but I have now set things right so fix it, or I will Misery your ass.

Hi,

Rapidly running out of patience and forbearance with the threatening nature of your posts.

It IS Sai King's story, and he's already written it perfectly, despite what the voices are telling you.

Long days and pleasant nights

[Goodlovin]

Not a fan of the ending but I don't think I would consider "going misery" on his ass.

[Phantomking]

I loved the ending. It makes so much sense if you look back on the series. [spoiler] It is said many times that ka is a wheel that returns back to the same place. Roland has made the wrong decisions too many times in pursuit of his Dark Tower. Picking up the horn shows that Roland has a chance at redeeming his soul.

I don't think it would have been very Dark Tower-like if Roland walks through the door and Susan is there waiting for him with their child in some alternate timeline like Eddie, Jake and Susannah got or something like that. I feel that the ending really rings true to what went on in the entire series. Roland is damned for his actions, but he has a chance at salvation if he learns and grows.

A happy ending would just have felt wrong to me.

[Connie Reader]

know what I love best about the ending?

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The way it lends itself to going right back to the beginning and reading it all over again. and it's not as if we don't get a taste of a happy ending. Not for Roland, no, but we are warned. Yet, I don't know anyone that didn't walk to the top of the Tower.

[muskrat]

I hate happy endings. I was always a bigger fan of 'Empire Strikes Back' than 'Return of the Jedi'. I love the ending of Tower. Because it's not really an ending at all. The Wheel of Ka, do ya not kennit?

And if I was 'gonna go Misery' on anybody's ass, it would be Anne Rice. What the hell, Anne? If I wanna read about Jesus and Angels, I'll dig out my New Testament. Or I'd go Misery on Stephanie Meyer, like, back before she even starting writing those wretched Twilight books. Hoo.

[chris2-4]

I was disappointed at the ending too, I expected a really cool and twisted ending that only S. King knows how to tell. What really disappointed me though, was King killing off Randall Flagg the single most coolest character in modern fiction!

[Connie Reader]

I was disappointed at the ending too, I expected a really cool and twisted ending that only S. King knows how to tell. What really disappointed me though, was King killing off Randall Flagg the single most coolest character in modern fiction!

See and I thought it was cool and twisted....did ANYONE expect that ending? No way. Totally unexpected and when you really think about it, so right for the story. It's explanatory and it also leaves it open ended, just like some of his short stories leaving you to imagine whatever you wish.
I was glad to see Flagg's (aka Walter, aka Marten) die, his death was gruesome and fitting for all the death and destruction he dealt.
as always... imho