I still hate Ginny Weasley!!!

[lupinlore]

No: HPFGUIDX 131703

--- 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.
> 

Chuckle.  I agree that the epiphany of Ginny Weasley was contrived 
and very poorly written.  However, considering the number of poorly 
written travesties in OOTP (the incredibly silly Prefect situation, 
Dumbledore's speech in which the epitome of goodness is revealed to 
regard child abuse as a minor and unimportant matter, McGonagall's 
breathtaking stupidity), it was a relatively minor sin.

I also agree that Ginny is probably being set up as Harry's love 
interest.  I don't really object to that, per se, as it was heavily 
forshadowed in CoS.  It's more that it seems JKR forgot to do her 
development work in the last couple of books and had to squeeze three 
books work into one.

At this point, who could serve as Harry's love interest without it 
being a situation even more contrived than the sudden development of 
Ginny?  Luna might well be the only candidate.  Otherwise, Harry 
would have to take up with a relative unknown, who would then have to 
be developed even more quickly than Ginny.

So, all told, not well done on JKR's part, but considering the huge 
problems and flaws she introduced in OOTP, not worth stewing over 
very much.

Lupinlore