Feminism , Ginny, and Hermione/Quidditch comment

[Kelly L.]

No: HPFGUIDX 133707

 Iris:

 As for Ginny, and her brisk reaction towards Hermione, couldn't we 
> understand that actually, she sees Hermione as a menace? Hermione is 
> Harry's friend, since the beginning. She is brilliant, Harry trusts 
> her, she's always there to help him. Moreover, Hermione is an 
> attractive girl. Ginny isn't blind and sees how Ron behaves. She 
> also knows what happened in GoF: Hermione, without making an effort, 
> had managed to seduce Krum, a Quidditch star player. When Ginny 
> bashes her, it's precisely about Quidditch. Quidditch is a tie 
> between Harry and Ginny; what would happen if Hermione started 
> showing an interest for the game? In other words, when Ginny tells 
> Hermione not to act as though she understand Quidditch, she's teling 
> her indirectly that she considers her as a rival. She wants Hermione 
> not to enter the Quidditch Pitch; she's defending her territory.

Kelly L.:

My take on Ginny's comment about Quidditch was just that she was
personally offended about something Hermione had accidentally implied
about Ginny's Quidditch abilities. I don't have the book in front of
me, but IIRC Hermione had said something to the effect that Gryffindor
was sunk because Harry was not going to be playing. Ginny snapped at
her because she knew that she, Ginny, would be substituting as Seeker,
and felt that Hermione was saying Ginny wasn't up to the task.

I also don't think that's what Hermione meant to say. It's a similar
situation to the one where she implied that Ron only played
brilliantly because of Felix Felicis. She didn't mean either comment
as an insult, but she accidentally insulted Ron and Ginny with her
comments.  I'm not beinbg too harsh on her about it, because I have
exactly the same flaw. I think it comes from spending one's formative
years with one's head in a book--sometimes both Hermione and I put our
feet in our respective mouths when dealing with people.