[HPFGU-OTChatter] OoP: Focus on the Trio + Ginny + Neville (Spoilers)

[Rebecca Stephens]

--- Margaret Thomas <magsthomas at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Having finished myself, and now reading what other
> people have to say about OoP, would like to turn
> focus
> away from the major death for a minute and look
> closer
> at happened with the kids...Once the regular HPFGU
> list reopens, continuation of this discussion
> belongs
> over there.
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> > Message: 14
> >    Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 05:01:27 -0000
> >    From: "mochajava13" <mochajava13 at yahoo.com>
> > Subject: Re: OoP: My review (SPOILERS!)
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> 

> But to see Hermione *assume* that the badge is
> Harry's
> -- and then stumble when she learns it's Ron's...
> Ouch.  Just plain Ouch.  Let's give Ron some credit,
> here!  Harry may be the Boy-Who-Lived, but he's
> continually more reckless than Ron ever is -- I
> think
> *Ron* always was the better Prefect candidate,
> regardless of how much weight Dumbledore thinks is
> on
> Harry's shoulders.  

Well, Harry was holding the badge when she came in,
wasn't he?  But, even if he wasn't, everyone thought
it would be Harry.  And, to be fair, he has
accomplished some amazing feats.  And even if he
hadn't, people would still be hung on the
boy-who-lived thing.


> LOVED that Ginny got very ticked off at Harry being
> so
> self-involved that he failed to remember that he
> could've talked to her about being possessed by
> Voldemort.  LOVED that she (and Neville) kicked butt
> in their D.A. practices -- and that Ginny switched
> the
> meaning of D.A. on Cho.  LOVED that she pointed out,
> when Harry tried to say she was too young to go find
> Sirius, that she was already 3 years older than he
> was
> when he first confronted Voldemort.  

Oh, yes.  I loved this.  He deserved it.



Oh, and did anyone else wonder why Harry wouldn't have
picked Ginny from DA?  I understand Neville, he's
never been the strongest fighter, and Luna's a bit
strange and he doesn't know her well.  But why not
Ginny?  Was some weakness of hers described in the
practice sessions that I missed.  I know why Ron
wouldn't pick, but why wouldn't Harry?



Rebecca

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