That "Love" thing

[sistermagpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 180394

> > Betsy Hp
> > 
> > PS:  I have to mention this gem...
> > 
> > "JKR: No! God, it wasn't Pansy Parkinson! I loath that girl. (JN 
and 
> > SU laugh) I don't love Draco but I really dislike her. She's 
every 
> > girl who ever teased me at school, she's the anti-Hermione. I 
loathe 
> > her. Yes, sorry, sidetracked there by my latent bitterness
"
> > 
> > Hee!  No wonder I liked Pansy. :D
> 
> 
> Potioncat:
> Is it possible that JKR suffers from multiple personality disorder? 
How 
> can she consider Pansy to be horrbile and reflects "every girl who 
ever 
> teased me" yet be the same author who turned James and Sirius into 
> heroes?

Magpie:
It does show how completely personal it all is. Probably she just 
doesn't really have bad memories or associations with guys like James 
and Sirius. Ironically, she did also create a character who pinged me 
immediately as "every girl who ever teased me" in the book too--only 
it was HBP!Ginny and not Pansy. That's a lot more frustrating. But 
anyway, that's why I wouldn't expect it to be consistent. I can't 
stand the second incarnation of Ginny, but I like Draco. Go figure.

-m