I will never forgive JK for HBP-Ginny (she lost me forever at crashing her broom. I wanted someone to... we won't get into that)
Eh, I'm a little more forgiving. Was Ginny written kind of bitchily in HBP? Yep. But personally, I don't find that to be a huge turn-off. I think it's reasonable for many readers and the characters themselves to still find Ginny attractive. (After all, the HP world is hyper-partisan with the damn Hogwarts houses and whatnot, and since Ginny was only mean to mean Slytherins, it's all okay, right?
What was a turn-off was Rowling's (and OBHWFers') expectations that we readers must love and accept Ginny because of this. I just hated how she was forced down readers' throats, and if you did happen to dislike her or the way she was written, you were automatically horrible or a Weasley-hater or misogynist (wtf?!) or whatever.
Miserable marriage, all sorts of tiny little unspoken rules (Hermione getting to hit Ron, Ron getting to shake Hermione if she hit him more than twice, both allowed to use magic to throw things at each other, but never without warning so that the other could move)
Hahaha.
And now a (million) word(s) about Ronald Weasley.
That was a great section you wrote about Ron, and one of the more rich explanations that I've read about his behaviour. I'm with you especially in regards to Ron slash and the emotions thing.
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Date: Saturday, January 1st, 2011 09:13 pm (UTC)From:Eh, I'm a little more forgiving. Was Ginny written kind of bitchily in HBP? Yep. But personally, I don't find that to be a huge turn-off. I think it's reasonable for many readers and the characters themselves to still find Ginny attractive. (After all, the HP world is hyper-partisan with the damn Hogwarts houses and whatnot, and since Ginny was only mean to mean Slytherins, it's all okay, right?
What was a turn-off was Rowling's (and OBHWFers') expectations that we readers must love and accept Ginny because of this. I just hated how she was forced down readers' throats, and if you did happen to dislike her or the way she was written, you were automatically horrible or a Weasley-hater or misogynist (wtf?!) or whatever.
Miserable marriage, all sorts of tiny little unspoken rules (Hermione getting to hit Ron, Ron getting to shake Hermione if she hit him more than twice, both allowed to use magic to throw things at each other, but never without warning so that the other could move)
Hahaha.
And now a (million) word(s) about Ronald Weasley.
That was a great section you wrote about Ron, and one of the more rich explanations that I've read about his behaviour. I'm with you especially in regards to Ron slash and the emotions thing.
From now until New Year's,
So what about 2011? Heh. ;)
Cheers to 2011!