I Hate Ginny Weasley!!!! Mass Response

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> > Hickengruendler wrote:
> > I don't hate Ginny. But she's also not one of my favourite
> > characters. She is, so far, one of those who are just there 
> > and who don't really interest me. That said, I dislike the 
> > term *Mary-Sue*. I think fandom uses the term way too often,
> > describing every female character, that dares to be likeable.


>phoenixgod2000 wrote: First of all, I don't necessarily like the 
term Mary Sue either but I think it was fair to use since, if I 
wrote a character with every trait of Ginny's thats what she would 
be called. And for the record, I didn't find Ginny all that 
likeable. Certainly if I met Ginny I wouldn't hang out with her.  
>Now Luna on the other hand...



********Marcela:  I believe that many think of Ginny as a Mary-Sue-
ish character because of their *expectations* on her character.

I read the 5 books in a row during a summer vacation.  My only HP 
knowledge before I read the first book was from an editorial in a 
paper that was supporting Jo's works and its impact in children's 
reading habits.  I was surprised when this past year I found a whole 
fan group dedicated to HP, and one of those surprises was the high 
importance that some fans seemed to put on Ginny's character.  I 
felt like I needed to read the books again, and again, to see what I 
had missed.
IMO, Ginny became to the front stage more frequently in OoTP because 
Jo needed someone to *replace* the Twins as pranksters and mayhem 
builders and thought it good to start building her character a bit 
more, just look at all the times she is mentioned and paired with 
the Twins, telling lies with no blushing, thinking in the same wave 
lengths, etc.  Plus, her 'Dean' hint toward the end and Ron's 
reaction told me that she will be Ron's fountain of discomforts in 
HBP, those two are going to be Jo's 'light and funny' lines in HBP.

I believe that the Ginny lovers/haters feel so strongly for Ginny 
mainly because of the Fandon expectations and wishes, not because of 
Jo's bad handling of her character.
IMO, a character like Ginny's, the way that Jo has handled it, will 
always be a secondary one, just like the Twins, Remus, Moody, etc.  
They help the hero, but on the sidelines.

Marcela