Why did JKR not explore H/Hr as canon?
Ken Hutchinson
klhutch at sbcglobal.net
Thu May 17 01:56:02 UTC 2007
No: HPFGUIDX 168853
> phoenixgod2000
>
> 1. Hermione had to explain it because there was no evidence in the
> book, even for her family members and not just Harry's filter.
>
Ken:
And what does this prove? It proves that Ginny is sneakier than
anyone suspects.
> phoenixgod2000
>
> 2. Learning how to play a team sport solo is pretty much impossible.
> Even for a prodigy. ... For Ginny to be so awesomely wonderful with
> such a minimal amount of practice is just plain silly.
>
Ken:
How much teamwork does it take to play seeker? Virtually none. The
seeker is pretty much a free agent. Harry almost loses that big
match against Slytherin when he decides to do some blocking for the
team and allows Draco to get a free shot at the snitch. The seeker
does his/her job best by ignoring the team and concentrating
on the other seeker and the snitch.
> phoenixgod2000
>
> 3. Even if Ginny could get so wonderful with only a little bit of
> practice, I still can't buy it. Ginny was six when she supposedly
> started taking brooms. So her mother, overprotective Ogress mother
> bear Molly 'fricken' Weasley never, ever ...
>
Ken:
You seem to have the impression that Molly is all knowing, all seeing,
and all powerful. There are a lot of things going on under her nose
all the time, she can't be any of those things. With George and Fred
as mentors and as constant lightning rods to draw most of Molly's
attention I can well believe that little Ginny could be the stealthiest
of the lot. The wonder is that Molly has *any* attention to devote
to her youngest four after she finishes gushing over the oldest
three.
You just don't seem to want to believe Ginny can play Quidditch.
You as the reader are the final judge of that but it seems to me that
you are straining at a gnat and swallowing a camel. Harry had
never heard of Quidditch at all and thought witches flying on brooms
were just folk tales until a few months before his first go on a broom.
His very first go on that broom was enough to convince his head of
house who is reputed to be a knowledgeable Quidditch fan that he
had the talent. A very minimal practice session with the team captain
was enough to confirm this. Harry goes 0-60 in one second, Ginny
who has lived in the WW culture her entire life does it in a more
plausible 4 seconds. Ginny's prowess is far more likely, far more
believable, than Harry's.
Ken
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