SHIP Re: Losing fans for no good reason?

[Lynda Cordova]

No: HPFGUIDX 135439


Sienna:
I can't help but feel that this comment was meant for people like 
myself who had a different shipping preference from what eventuated. 
But I think that I've personally done enough to try to present a 
critic that is fair. It should be clear by now that it's not 
about `fantasies being screwed with' but I suppose it's an easy 
enough anvil to throw.

I just think HBP lacks the skill I came to expect from her and I 
personally find Ginny's character development poor. And no, clearly 
we're not reading the same books. An alternative question to ask 
might be does a preference for H/G actually blind some people to the 
flaws in that subplot?


Lynda:

In a series as long as this one, I expect some characters to develop more slowly.  In OOP I was delighted with Tonks, Kingsley Shacklebolt and Luna, as well as finally delving a little more fully into the characters of Neville, Sirius, Snape, Ginny Weasley and Ernie MacMillan, to name a few.  Many of these, we still don't know well.  They are minor characters.  Neville and Ginny, however, as well as Ernie, and to some extent Luna are being used a bit more as the series continues and we're learning more about them.  Yes, Ginny was kept in the background for awhile.  These books are written almost exclusively from Harry's point of view and Harry, until this book saw Ginny as his "best mate's sister".  Not as a potential love interest.  But there were plenty of clues there, as to the possibility of a potential relationship between them.  After all, the romantic relationships aren't the real focus of the books.  And there's one more to go.  Things could change by the end of book 7. 
 Maybe Harry and Ginny won't be a match.  After all, Harry will only be nearly 18 at the end of book seven, at least if she ends it in the same timeframe as the others.

 

Lynda