Ginny [Was: Re: Hermione and JKR]

[Cassandra Claire]

No: HPFGUIDX 3432

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Firebolt" <particle at u...> wrote:
> Cassandra said:
> 
> < also hope that JKR takes
> some time to develop Ginny in the canon -- I do like her character.>
> 
> It's been bugging me recently the way Ginny gets portrayed in
fanfiction - > Hermione's becoming too feisty, Ginny is becoming a
shy, blushing little > thing. I'm rereading CoS at the moment, and in
Chapter Three (the Burrow), > Ron clearly says that Ginny 'never
shuts up normally', and from what we see > of her in PS and also
after CoS, she definitely has a personality - maybe > she's a little
less rambunctious than her brothers, but she's got a sense of
> humor and does stand up for herself - and she sounds like a
Weasley, if you > look at the way she talks.
> > Come to think of it, I don't recall ever seeing a teenage Ginny
who wasn't > either incredibly shy or had a life which revolved
around Harry. And how > come I keep reading fics where she grows up
to be a fashion designer? It was > okay when Lori did it, but it's
gotten reeeeeeaaaally old...
> 
> ~Firebolt

Hmph! Well, she's not shy in *my* fic, and she grows up to work with 
dragons (like Charlie.) Oh dear, gave that away. Never mind. But I 
agree with your essential point; I'm also bored with stories where 
she's a shy blushing thing. All the Weasleys are strong-willed; it 
makes sense that she would be, too. (And I think she was a magazine 
editor in Lori's story...)