Why is the Epilogue hated so much?

I rewatched it to try and understand where my dislike for the final episode stems from, for me I don't think it was so much the epilogue. It was more death by dreams, hope and emotions. I think it was beyond corny, even as a kid I didn't like it, I guess I felt it was quite dumbed down.
I get your logic about the career choice and vomiting all over the fantasies though.

i agree they should have had an epilogue for the other seasons, it would have been nice to know what happened to all of them, especially henry and koji. i wish they would have done 2 seasons per cast, not just with the first two seasons. rika probably married ryo. since i was voting for her and henry, i didnt like when he showed up and cancelled any chance of that.

A parliament of owls. An exaltation of larks. A Murder of crows. An Unkindness of Ravens

I guess it's the fact that there was little to no build-up for any of the pairings they showed and, yeah, that the careers didn't seem to fit their established personalities. It felt like the writers just didn't put much thought into it and just threw the ideas out there without writing to back it up. Eplogues of this sort (the Happily Ever After kind) tend to be cheesy as well, in my opinion.

I'm pretty sure everyone in the world having a partner is in the original as well. In the other case, a mass amount of people having one is a big deal too. What I mean by the world becoming pokemon is, the world has to be different. Even if it's the same, there's not a big change in it. There's now these entirely new creatures walking about all the time with powers and things. It's not regular old earth anymore.

That's why I liked the season 1 ending, is the digimon stayed in the digital world. So, before season 2, I assumed they grew up and lived normal lives. Then season 2 happens. The end of season 2, the epilogue shows digimon on earth. That was bothersome to me. It just didn't feel like it added anything. It was just a tacked on thing at the end. Also, they already did a good bye in season 1 so they went a different route. I guess there's not many options really.

I still like that they showed what they did with these digimon as they got older. I'm not trying to come out against. Cause, it was the end of the show, so it doesn't really matter too much.

I think I may want to take back what I said about shipping though. It's realistic to keep them separate. So, you got 4 girls and 8 guys, doesn't mean any of them will end up together. Then again, this is a TV show with missile shooting monsters, why not have 4 pairings? They basically lifted the show off the ground already. Based on what you said, it seems like it would have been more satisfying to people to have more pairings. I'm not into that myself. I don't care who Tai or Mimi ends up with. Still, it doesn't take away from the show to do it. I don't care, means, it could have been Mimi and Joe, or Tai and Sora, I would not have cared. To someone else, that may have meant a great deal. I think, then, they should have done it. People would probably still have issues with the results, but it probably would have fulfilled more people.

Please forgive me if I'm simply reiterating what others have said; I only skimmed the previous posts.

As a whole, I don't have an issue with the epilogue in general. However, it would have been WAY better if they had put more thought into it. A few times, you really get the feeling that they were just trying to wrap everything up as soon as possible so they could get started on making Digimon Tamers.

My feelings about it are as follows:

T.K.- He becomes a novelist who writes about everyone's experiences with the Digimon and the Digital World. I'm perfectly fine with that. After all, one would think one of the star characters would want to share their adventures with the world, particularly when more and more people were becoming aware of the existence of Digimon. And it makes sense when you remember T.K. grew up with his mother who worked as a reporter. In other words, both T.K. and his mother hold professions that involve a lot of writing.

Tai- He and Agumon become diplomats who try and establish a peaceful relationship between both worlds. For this, I basically shrugged and said 'okay, I can live with that.' Besides, I imagine Tai has matured since his early days when he was mainly focused on the goal of defeating the bad Digimon, so he's probably learned to take more peaceful approaches to problems. Plus, like I said, even as a kid, he never lost sight of the goal, so I imagine nothing will make him alter from his course when he has to resolve an issue involving the peace between the two worlds.

Joe- The Digital World's first doctor. The only people who didn't see this one coming most likely had the brains of goldfish. It was virtually established since the end of Season One that Joe would have chosen to become a doctor, particularly after the death of Leomon. Even one of the Japanese audio dramas that took place between Season One and Two indicated that this was Joe's goal.

Matt- An astronaut. Okay, now there's literally a giant question mark hovering over my head. How did they come to that conclusion? Let's review: In Season One, Matt was always playing his harmonica. In fact, the harmonica became something of his emblem. In Season Two, Matt was part of a band, and when he wasn't helping the new team, he was typically practicing/performing with the rest of the band. All of a sudden, he's doing something that has nothing to do with music. Honestly, how did they come up with that conclusion for Matt?

Sora- A fashion designer. Okay, like other people, I do feel like this would have been a more fitting job for Mimi, but I can sort of see the train of thought that led them to this. I mean, when we first met Sora, she was a complete tomboy who loved soccer and had no interest of following in her mother's footsteps by getting into floral arrangements. But when we enter into Season Two, we see exactly how much her experiences in the Digital World have improved her relationship with her mother, as she's now dropped soccer and taken up tennis, arguably a more 'feminine' sport, and even helps out in her mother's floral shop. Perhaps they made Sora a fashion designer to further indicate how much she's grown up since the early days.
(And when it comes to Sora marrying Matt? Well, no offence to the die-hard Taiora fanbase, but I'm actually indifferent to this. Honestly, I'd be fine with her marrying Tai, but I'm just as fine with her marring Matt.)

Mimi- She has a cooking show? Okay, did I miss something? When did Mimi ever show an interest in cooking? Was this a reference to that weird dish we saw her mother make during the Myotismon arc? The one with the fried rice and strawberries? Personally, I think there was much more evidence of Matt getting a cooking show than Mimi. First, it's indicated that Matt taught Tai how to cook in Season One during their time in the Digital World, and it's also strongly hinted that Matt did a lot of the cooking for him and his dad. So, did the writers just give the cooking show to Mimi because they felt that cooking wasn't a good enough job for a male character like Matt? Hmm, I wonder what Gordon Ramsay would say to that.

Izzy- He now researches the Digital World with the help of Joe's brother and Sora' father. Like with Joe's future, I have nothing snarky to say about this. It makes perfect sense that Izzy ends up doing this, and it's completely in character with both Season One Izzy and Season Two Izzy.

Kari- A teacher. Well, she did say she wanted to become one earlier on in the episode, so there was at least a LITTLE build up for it. Plus, I can sort of see Kari as the type of person who would want to reach out to others and help them get started on their paths. However, I am bugged that she didn't get a 'still photo' of her at her job. Everyone else got one, unless you count T.K., but at least you got to SEE him working on one of his novels, so he at least got something. With Kari, it's just 'yeah, she's a teacher now. No, we won't show you the proof; you just have to take our word for it.'

Ken- A detective. Well, after everything that's happened to him, I can see him wanting to do some good in the world. I imagine he'll probably always feel guilt for the things he did when the Dark Spore molded him into the Digimon Emperor. Perhaps he wanted to become a detective because he wanted to try and continue making up for everything he did during that period in his life.

Yolei-Marries Ken and becomes a stay-at-home mother to their three kids. Well, there were hints that they would end up together. Granted they were subtle hints, but there were there. As for Yolei being content as a housewife? Well, that's not exactly an easy job. And one of their kids is a baby who needs care 24/7. While I know things are a bit different in Japan and it's not as big a deal to leave small children alone for short periods, I doubt Yolei would work a day job when she's got a helpless kid at home, even if Hawkmon stayed behind as babysitter. Besides, its not unheard of for housewives to do volunteer work. For example, my mom was the editor of our church's newsletter for most of my life. To my knowledge, there wasn't a paycheck involved, but she did have to deal with deadlines like many paying jobs. Perhaps Yolei did some sort of volunteer work.

Cody- A defense attorney. Well, Cody has seen first hand that people who do horrible things can redeem themselves. First with Ken, then BlackWarGreymon, and finally Oikawa. It does make sense that he would feel called to speak out in defense of people on trial.

Davis- A noodle/ramen salesmen. Again, there's a huge question mark above my head. Where did they pull that idea from!? There's absolutely no build up to this at all. Davis just announces out of nowhere that he wants to open up a noodle cart. That's just as random as him saying he wants to write greeting card sayings. Honestly, was it too much to ask that they gave this character a little more dignity?

Extra Stuff- Now everyone in the world has a Digimon partner. (And yes, I checked. This is also stated in the original Japanese version. It's not just a dubbing thing.) I'm sorry, but that's just stupid, particularly after they practically told all the Dark Spore kids they didn't need Digimon partners to be special. Way to give us mixed messages, show writers.

And on a final note: I am among those who are irritated that T.K. and Kari didn't end up together. I mean, SERIOUSLY!?! It was okay for Matt to marry Sora & Yolei to marry Ken, but you couldn't do the same for T.K. and Kari? Why? Out of all the possible pairings in Seasons One and Two, this one was the one that was hinted at the most strongly. Even their Digimon partners were practically two halves of the same coin. (Not only did we get Angemon and Angewomon, but Pegasusmon and Nerfertimon even had a dual attack!)

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