Heh. Yes, it is okay to Ginny-bash. But I don't hate Ginny. I love her with Neville. I just think her dynamic with Harry is vastly unhealthy for both of them. She will always see him partially as the white knight she dreamed of growing up. He has Oedipal issues. It's just... squicky.
She's not evil (much) ... she's not a death eater ... she's just a not-very-nice girl.
As the Hermione-type in school, many Ginny-types drove me nuts. Some were genuinely nice people, especially once they've outgrown high school. It's very mean girls.
Thanks for the discussion of theme! I feel like a big girl author.
Ginny tended to get catty when she was angry or jealous, and she was clearly both.
Classic canon characterisation!
Thank you! I can certainly get catty when the right/wrong buttons are pushed. I think most women can. It's not a nice look, though, generally. At least not as a major personality trait.
And having the mock-up engagement pages all ready for the newspaper is quite consistent with a girl who 'never gave up'. No, she'd plough on ahead with her own aspirations - secretly - while waiting for Harry to do the right (by Ginny) thing.
I think in my head she was working for Witch Weekly which makes it more understandable, though equally reprehensible.
A neat little story, everything falling into place. It's like Harry and Hermione shared our own expectations ... okay, stick with the red-heads for a while after book 7 proper, but once the inertia of the bad writing has run down please find each other thank you very much. :-) And so we have our happy ending - or happy start - yay!
Thanks so much for the intelligent reply/review! It means a lot. OBHWF makes no sense to me. Just... I explained my issues with Harry and Ginny above. Ron and Hermione make great friends but terrible spouses. One of my favorite things about this was that Ron and Hermione didn't break up in a classic Row. Maybe my muses will bless me and I'll write their side of it as a prequel. No promises, though.
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She's not evil (much) ... she's not a death eater ... she's just a not-very-nice girl.
As the Hermione-type in school, many Ginny-types drove me nuts. Some were genuinely nice people, especially once they've outgrown high school. It's very mean girls.
Thanks for the discussion of theme! I feel like a big girl author.
Ginny tended to get catty when she was angry or jealous, and she was clearly both.
Classic canon characterisation!
Thank you! I can certainly get catty when the right/wrong buttons are pushed. I think most women can. It's not a nice look, though, generally. At least not as a major personality trait.
And having the mock-up engagement pages all ready for the newspaper is quite consistent with a girl who 'never gave up'. No, she'd plough on ahead with her own aspirations - secretly - while waiting for Harry to do the right (by Ginny) thing.
I think in my head she was working for Witch Weekly which makes it more understandable, though equally reprehensible.
A neat little story, everything falling into place. It's like Harry and Hermione shared our own expectations ... okay, stick with the red-heads for a while after book 7 proper, but once the inertia of the bad writing has run down please find each other thank you very much. :-) And so we have our happy ending - or happy start - yay!
Thanks so much for the intelligent reply/review! It means a lot. OBHWF makes no sense to me. Just... I explained my issues with Harry and Ginny above. Ron and Hermione make great friends but terrible spouses. One of my favorite things about this was that Ron and Hermione didn't break up in a classic Row. Maybe my muses will bless me and I'll write their side of it as a prequel. No promises, though.