OotP: SPOLIERS : First impression & female characters

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> Another female character I always liked is Ginny Weasley, in whom I 
felt great potential, which is now finally displayed. There is one 
thing that really annoys me about the HP universe: the lack of female 
characters with a sense of humour. Ginny is the only one who actually 
laughs at the - sometimes silly or childish, but basically *funny* - 
jokes and antics of her brothers. Hermione only says things 
like: "oh, be serious, Ron", and "this is no laughing matter", or 
just hmphs indignantly. And don't even get me started on Molly 
Weasley!
> 
> Ginny has the ability not to take things seriously. She also has 
the ability to downright lie to her mother (a craft none of her 
brothers seemed to have mastered) and to do her own thing without 
even attempting to justify her actions, if she thinks that's 
unneccessary. I love her!
> 
> Seeing as this post is getting much too long, let me add only this:
> Has anyone else thought that Kingsley Shacklebolt is just wickedly 
cool? I want more of him!
> 
> Donna Immaculata

I think that part of the reason the female characters are not as much 
given a sense of humor is, to me anyway, they seem to be more the 
strength the male characters will occasional fall back upon. Even 
Dumbledore puts trust in the strength of McGonagall to basically keep 
the school running whenever he is not there, just Ron and Harry put 
trust in the strength of Hermonie to always be there for them when 
they charge in blindly to situtations, and Mr. Weasley puts faith in 
his wife to basically keep the family humming as he loses himself in 
plugs and other Muggle objects. That at least is my take, the female 
characters are in many ways the hidden strength of their family and 
friends. 

I agree too we hopefully will see more of Kingsley Shacklebolt in 
books 6 and 7.