[HPforGrownups] Re: Why did JKR not explore H/Hr as canon?

[Lynda Cordova]

No: HPFGUIDX 168808

PhoenixGod:
 There is not a single indication before book five Ginny is even the
> slightest bit sports inclined. She's horrified by the violence of the
> game at the Quiddich world cup and fell asleep during the group talk
> about the game afterwards.

Lynda:
Neither are their any indications that she is not sports inclined. Harry,
the filter through which people are for the most part noticed is far more
concerned with the happenings at the QWC than in his best friend's
pre-adolescent sister at that point. And, Harry, at that point in his life
is just barely starting to notice girls at that point and has his eye on
Cho.

Back to the sports inclination--two years ago a friend of mine invited me
over for the Superbowl, if I was so inclined. (I don't usually watch
football at all). I agreed and we had a great time. She took it upon herself
to explain the game to me and after the first down, I finished explaining
the game to her. She was astonished. She thought I don't watch football
because I never learned about the sport when the fact is that I don't watch
football because my father was a college draft pick back in the forties and
was drafted by the Army instead of going to college. As a result, because he
always felt cheated I got to watch every single football game that was
broadcast on TV until I reached the age of eighteen and went away to
college. I am also the one with the purple belt in karate and the one who
walks no less than two miles a day (usually). I don't look sports inclined,
you see (I'm more than a little chubby) so people don't think of me as being
interested in sports when the fact is, I'd much rather participate at
whatever level I'm at than watch. Watching doesn't hold any interest for me
for a variety reasons, some of them mentioned above. Maybe Ginny is the same
way. And she was young at the QWC...

Lynda


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