Ginny's Role in Book 7 (was: Re: Four ponderings)

[allies426]

No: HPFGUIDX 144766

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "horridporrid03" 
<horridporrid03 at y...> wrote:
>
 It's like JKR wanted to create a spitfire and shoved 
> and hammered and forced Ginny's character into that particular mold.  
> It's especially noticable, I think, when you compare book GoF Ginny 
to 
> movie GoF Ginny.  Movie Ginny has a bit more in common with OotP 
> Ginny.  Book GoF Ginny is a completely different girl.  Then, of 
> course, there's HBP Ginny, who is once again, an entirely different 
> animal.  
> 

Allie:

I happen to really like Ginny, but I agree with what you're saying. I 
thought it was a bit of a stretch when suddenly Ginny was "the life and 
soul" of the Gryffindor Quidditch team in HBP.  Maybe JKR should have 
made it clearer early on in the series that Ginny really WAS very 
outgoing, just not around Harry.  Shown her interacting with other 
people or holding her own with the twins, maybe.  I barely remember 
Ginny from GoF (which reinforces your point, I think).  All I remember 
is her being upset that she told Neville she'd go to the Yule Ball with 
him after she found out Harry needed a date.  Was there a lot more 
about her?  I recently re-read CoS and realized there were quite a few 
references to her throughout the book, though they were meant to be 
clues!  Mostly she's just described as being there - not really doing 
anything that shows her true character.  

I do think that Ginny and Harry are very well-matched, and maybe it's 
not important for that to be on screen directly.  After the funeral in 
HBP, Harry actually compares Dumbledore to Ginny - he says something 
like "how do you think I'd feel if it were you."  They've been dating 
for what, a few weeks or months at this point?  But they must get on 
very well if she ranks up there with Dumbledore.

Allie