Characters and the revelation model (Was: Re: Depth?)

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> Betsy Hp:
> Exactly!  Thank you, Alla, this backs my point up beautifully. <g>

Alla:

Erm... That is one way to look at it of course.



Betsy:
> JKR fell down when it came to Ginny's character, and the cries of 
> foul throughout fandom show it.  I see enough evidence in the 
books 
> to think that JKR really did see Ginny as the spitfire girl from 
the 
> get-go, but she bungled in sharing that information with her 
> readers. 


Alla:

And here we have exactly what Nora was talking about, IMO. Did JKR 
fell down when it came to Ginny's character OR we filled in the 
blanks incorrectly ( and I am definitely including myself here) and 
then we are crying foul, because we ASSUMED that JKR would be going 
different road with Ginny?


After all, Harry did NOT pay much attention to Ginny at all, so it 
is quite reasonable to think that he did not know her till he 
actually spent time with her.


Betsy:
 > *Friendship* on the other hand, is a big thing with JKR, and 
she's 
> been so careful with her handling of the Marauders and Snape and 
> their interactions with each other so far I seriously doubt she'd 
> screw up as badly with them.


Alla:

Yep, friendships ARE big thing to JKR and that is why I think that 
friendship between Marauders may turn out better than you expect it 
to turn out.

Not perfect, no, but something which had all roots for genuine 
friendship, but was torn apart by war.

JMO of course,

Alla.