Feminism , Ginny, and Hermione/Quidditch comment

[davenclaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 133924

> 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.
> 


My take was that Ginny had been sticking up for Harry regarding the 
Bloody Draco Curse, and she was ticked off that Hermione would then 
try to use Quidditch as another way to dig at Harry for getting into 
trouble. It was as if she was pretending to be concerned with 
Quidditch when we all know she has never understood the obsession with 
it - which Ginny certainly does.  Ginny is basically saying "don't 
pretend that you actually care about what happens in Quidditch."  
Which isn't very fair since she's always supported them even when she 
couldn't understand their devotion to the game - she cared enough to 
Confund McCluggen.

- davenclaw