SHIP: Ginny/Harry, Remus/Tonks, and RL experiences

[sienna291973]

No: HPFGUIDX 136322

Ali said:
Like Fran said, real life experiences don't help in liking or
disliking the H/G ship. I think it's just whether or not you accept
JKR's word as truth. For me, I accept *no* author's worth as truth
without proof, and JKR gave *me* zero proof that the H/G relationship
had anymore depth than any fairy tale princess and her knight/prince.

Now me (again):
I agree with this Ali (surprise surprise). In fact, I'm more than a 
little annoyed at what seems to be a very egotistical way for an 
author to view her work and deal with her fanbase. Yes, she is the 
ultimate creator, but why should I as a reader automatically tow her 
line? Don't I have a right to *see* what she is referring to in canon 
or even see something entirely different without being told to go 
back and reread? (I'm a fairly careful reader and if I didn't see it 
the first time or the tenth, then one more read won't do it).

Why should I accept plot holes, flat characterisations and bad 
subplot development simply because the author said so? Why should I 
accept skewiff characters and OOC heroes? What is my motivation to 
see Ginny as the *perfect* girl for Harry when I haven't seen it in 
canon? If she has to explain herself in interviews for more than a 
quarter of her fanbase to *get it* then surely that means she hasn't 
done the job. I also get a very keen sense of not being lucky enough 
to be part of the *in group* that *got* it or can empathise on some 
level with the H/G relationship or *wanted* it as an outcome. And 
unfortunately, those of us who saw something else in canon seemingly 
simply have to suck it in, without even being given the right to feel 
*sold* on her authorial decisions as readers. And again I ask, why?

If you're lucky enough to be part of the crowd who could accept the 
anvils and the contradictory subtextual stream they were floating on, 
then you are reading the books correctly according to JKR (which 
strikes me, again, as a tad egotistical). But what happens if you 
were one of those who couldn't get passed the fact that those anvils 
weren't sinking?

Sienna
*Who thinks she's almost exhausted herself on this subject and might 
have a cup of tea and a nice lie down*