I hate Ginny Weasley!!!!

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Jocelyn writes:

>Maybe her brothers made fun of her if she expressed an interest and 
her 
>parents couldn't afford the extra broom anyway?  Ron was really 
>embarrassed at being seen to try for the team, even if the twins had 
>used him as a practice keeper (as a convenience for THEM, you 
note!)  
>He was afraid of making a fool of himself in front of everyone, and 
it 
>wouldn't be surprising if Ginny felt the same.

With a house full of brothers, especially two as obnoxious and Fred 
and George, I'm sure she's plenty used to be being made fun of.  If 
anything, it would make her more determined to prove herself.  I just 
wish JKR had shown us THAT Ginny, instead of having her sneak 
around.  It could have been handled better, say: Ginny sits down at 
the table with the Weasley brothers.  "Fred, I took your broom out 
yesterday for some practice.  Took me a bit to disable the booby trap 
you put on it.  I think I'll try out for the quidditch team next 
year."  And from what JKR has told us in OoP, SuperGinny wouldn't be 
embarrassed by much.

Oliver writes:

>In the end, there's a very good reason why we don't see much with 
>Ginny and why her transformation seems sudden: the "elbow in the 
>butter dish" problem. She *doesn't act the same way around Harry as 
>she acts around anybody else* and we *never* see her without Harry. 
>(This is another reason why being told secondhand is effective!)

Sorry, Oliver, but with the exception of Voldemort, we don't see 
ANYONE unless they are with Harry.  JKR has done an amazing job 
characterizing secondary characters like Neville (and who wasn't 
fooled by Crouch!Moody?) and we only see them through Harry's eyes.  
I don't think she really intended Ginny to be a major character.  
Even in CoS, though she's a major part of the plot, we rarely see 
her.  I really hate the secondhand thing, also - when are we 
ever "told" that Neville did this or Fred and George did that?  JKR 
hasn't done that with any of the other characters.

Nicky Joe