Harry, Ginny and me

delwynmarch delwynmarch at yahoo.com
Wed Aug 3 08:47:00 UTC 2005


No: HPFGUIDX 136192

Jana Wrote:
"- You accused Harry of abusing Ginny"

Del replies:
I DID NOT. I only said that the silence about what is actually going
on between Harry and Ginny COULD be interpreted that way. That was in
response to all those people who were telling me to use my imagination
to fill in the blanks. Well, I did.

Jana wrote:
"and you did question JK's writing"

Del replies:
Yes, I did. So what? Where does it say I shouldn't do that?

Jana wrote:
and you did want to see more romance.

Del replies:
Not exactly. As I said in my post, I would have been absolutely fine
with Harry not getting any girlfriend. However, JKR made the choice to
give him one, and not just any girlfriend either, but The One She Had
Foreshadowed For Him Since The Beginning. She was free to make that
choice, but once she made it, I find it very bad manners to not let
her readers in on what is going on between them. *Especially* when she
then goes raving in *interviews* about how Ginny is the Perfect Match
for Harry and so on. She should have shown that *in the book*.

Jana wrote:
"I asked my daughter(13)"

Del replies:
Excuse me, but I don't care what your daughter thinks. My concern is
not for those girls who have mothers who supervise what they are
reading and who discuss issues with them.

Moreover, your daughter is only 13, and I supposed she hasn't
seriously fallen in love yet. Wait until she does. You might be
surprised by the warped view of love and romance that she will then
exhibit.

Jana wrote:
"I hope this subject closes soon too because that's about all I've
seen lately. I think we'd all like to talk about somthing else , but
it's hard when you bring up and say such controversal things."

Del replies:
EXCUSE ME??? You are totally out of bounds here, Jana.

1. This subject is NOT all we've seen lately. Personally, I have seen
WAY too many Snape posts for my liking, but I would never dream to ask
any of those who like discussing him to start discussing something else.

2. If you don't like those posts, SKIP THEM!!

3. If I want to discuss those things, then obviously not ALL of us
would like to talk about something else.

4. If I want to discuss those things, it is my RIGHT. I am not forcing
anyone to answer. If nobody answered me, those threads would stop on
their own.

You don't like them, it's YOUR problem, not mine. I am NOT going to
let you or anyone else tell me what to talk about or not. As long as I
respect the group's rules, I'm free to discuss whatever I want, and
you are out of bounds to tell me to drop it.

Del








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