I still hate Ginny Weasley!!!

[Claire]

No: HPFGUIDX 131697

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "phoenixgod2000" <jmrazo at h...> 
wrote:
> I hate that redheaded red herring for Harry's affections.  
> Especially after OOTP. I hated the way she burst onto the scene 
with 
> supercool flying ability and quiddich love (never once mentioned 
> before). I hate the way she's apparently a powerful witch (also 
> never mentioned before. You'd think someone would have noticed 
> before now). I hate that suddenly she's Hermiones bestest 
girlfriend 
> in the world ( a relationhip that happened totally offscreen, just 
> like everything else thats supposed to make Ginny cool). I hate 
her 
> attitude as a little mini-molly ball buster who had to get into 
> Harry's face about things she knew nothing about.  She's an 
> annoying, poorly written, poorly foreshadowed character with an 
> inexplicable fanbase considering what she's actually done.  
> 
> Most of all, I hate that deep down inside, although I pray it 
won't 
> happen, I think that Rowling is going to hook her and Harry up.
> 
> "She never shuts up," does not a characterization make regardless 
of 
> what Ginny defenders think.  Nothing about the way she acted in 
OOTP 
> made sense at all when you think about anything shes done in the 
> past books.
> 
> phoenixgod2000, who just wanted to post something about someone 
> other than Snape

Claire's response:

I don't agree with you, phoenix.  I believe JKR has been holding 
back on Ginny's capabilities because the rest of her family 
discounts it.  How would you like being the only girl with six 
brothers?  My brother was the only boy with 7 sisters, and didn't 
get "noticed", if you will, until he went into college and his 
personality was strong enough to counteract whatever we could dish 
out.  (We didn't think he'd live past puberty and yet he has become 
the rock of the family.)  I believe Ginny is the same -- a lynchpin -
- her powers have been growing steadily through the books.  
Especially since she has gotten over her initial infatuation with 
Harry and is no longer the tongue-tied, dewy-eyed, blinded-by-the-
fame-of-Harry young girl.  Ginny using stealth to break into the 
broom closet and practicing Quidditch without her brothers, 
especially George and Fred, knowing is, IMO, a testament to her 
resilience.

Harry could do worse.  It appears to me as if she has a some of the 
qualities Lily had at Ginny's age.  I look forward to her blossoming 
into a more delightful character and giving Harry a run for his 
money.

Claire