Ginny's best friend (Was: Pansy Parkinson (Was: House characteristics))

[susanbones2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 150861

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> Betsy Hp:
> See, that's the thing that's bothering me, what got this whole 
post 
> started, at least from my end.  Because, no, Hermione is not an 
> example, to my mind, of a mature and well-rounded girl that little 
> girls should strive to emulate.  And her friendship with Ginny is 
> not an example of a "mature" view on friendship to my mind.  
> 
> There is something sisterly about their relationship, but it's 
> sisterhood in the teenage years, when you say ugly things to each 
> other, and the power differential can be at its peak. (One thing 
> leading to the other, I'd imagine.)  Ginny is there when Hermione 
> needs her, but she can be quite safely booted when Hermione is 
> playing with her same-age friends. 
> 
> Honestly, I think I'd label Ginny and Hermione's friendship as 
quite 
> immature.  Especially if we're supposed to take them as best 
friends.

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Jen here,
What I see as mature is that each is what they are to the other. 
When Hermione is at Ron's, she can give Ginny lots of one-on-one and 
it's great. Bit Ginny is her own person and she is never at a loss 
for someone to hang out with. Sometimes it's H-R-H, but she's quite 
happy to go off with other people. As Pippin pointed out, there's 
probably a lot of time in the dorm room that we never see, where the 
girls can chat about important things like Viktor Krum and Michael 
Cort. But as I mentioned earlier, they seem to have boundaries that 
work for their friendship. Hermione doesn't butt in on Ginny's 
friends her age, her year. And sometimes Ginny hangs with HRH. That 
seems pretty even-handed. And best yet, they seem happy as they are 
written. We can argue that JKR wrote Ginny as a handy plot device, 
but I don't see it that way. I guess your "diffrent strokes" remark 
must suffice...
Jen D.
 > But, I think this probably comes down to different strokes for 
> different folks, and something upon which I realize JKR and I do 
not 
> see eye to eye.  Which means I'm probably seeing her characters in 
a 
> different light than she means for me to.  (Like the twins, and 
> Molly, and the whole Weasley clan, really.) 
> 
> Betsy Hp
>