[HPforGrownups] Ginny

[Kathleen Kelly MacMillan]

No: HPFGUIDX 3559

>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


Okay, this is gonna sound weird, but since I am a children's librarian who 
spends a lot of time deaing with preschoolers, and, of course, EVERYTHING in 
my life must relate to Harry Potter in some way, here goes:

I was thinking the other day that D.W. from the "Arthur" series on PBS (D.W. 
is Arthur's little sister) reminds me a lot of Ginny.  I can just see her 
interacting with her brothers that way.

Okay, and here's where it gets weirder.  I was listening to "Songs from Bear 
in the Big Blue House"  (I know, I know, I actually bought a copy of the CD 
for myself, but the show and the music are both really good so I refuse to be 
embarrassed!) and I think Pip and Pop (the purple otters, in case anyone has a 
clue to what I am talking about!) would make a perfect Fred and George.

So THEN, I thought:  what if we could cast HP with Muppets?  here's what I 
came up with:

Harry: Kermit (of course, he's Everyfrog)
Hermione: Prairie Dawn from Sesame Street (can't you just see Prairie starting 
S.P.E.W.?)
Percy: Sam the American Eagle from the Muppet Show (OK so he ain't 
British--he's got the right personality anyway)
Parvati: Miss Piggy
Colin Creevey: Elmo ("Can Elmo take Harry Potter's picture?")

That's as far as I got.  Can anybody think of a good Muppet-Ron?


Kathy

P.S. I warned you it would get weirder...