I Hate Ginny Weasley!!!! Mass Response
evita2fr
Snarryfan at aol.com
Fri Jan 21 10:34:57 UTC 2005
No: HPFGUIDX 122589
>
> phoenixgod:
> The problem is that the change was too sudden and IMO illogical.
> One of the basic rules of writing is that you are supposed to show
> changes not explain them. All of Ginny's changes were explained
> second hand by Hermione or someone else.
>
> And how did Hermione even get to be such good friends with her?
> They are in separate years and have no classes together. They stay
> in separate dorms. There has never, as far as I can recall, a
> mention of Hermione ever even spending time with Ginny in previous
> books, which the boys would have noticed because you know Ron
> would have complained about it.
>
> Seems like sloppy writing to me.
> Sherry replied:
>
> Actually, I got the idea in GOF that Hermione and Ginny were
friends. It
> made perfect sense. They have spent summers at the burrow
together. They
> shared a tent at the World Cup. There were scenes around the Yule
Ball that
> gave me the impression that the two girls had become friends. I
always have
> had friends older and younger than me, friends from different
classes,
> schools, offices, whatever. That part seems perfectly feasible and
logical
> to me.
>
There is also the fact than Ginny was the only one to know that Krum
was Hermione's date for the Yule Ball.
Christelle
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