Ginny & the Platform Scene

[babelfisherperson]

No: HPFGUIDX 33098

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> wrote:
>     It wouldn't have been hard for JKR to leave Ginny  out of the 
> platform scene and still convey the needed information. The 
> conversation on the train would have been just a little different: 
> Ron says "And a sister.  Ginny'll be starting Hogwarts next year. 
> Bet *she* gets new robes."

What would be the point, though? How does that accomplish the goals 
of establishing her existance & showing that Ron isn't the youngest 
child any better than actually having her present? Answer: it doesn't.

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