Comments | joe_mulcahy: Ginny Sue

joe_mulcahy

Ginny Sue

Jul 26, 2005 11:35

( Has Mary-Sue passed the torch to Sister-Sue? )

Comments 17

snailfin July 26 2005, 14:20:17 UTC

Lol..i feel the same way. >.<

At this current moment in time, I'm arguing with some strangers why Ginny is such a Mary Sue, or Ginerva.

And i cringe when people call her Virginia.

joe_mulcahy July 27 2005, 09:36:46 UTC

I actually believed her name to be Virginia as well, as Ginny is often what one calls a girl/woman named Virginia. It wasn't until after the release of OoTP that J K Rowling said that Ginny's full name was Ginevra Molly Weasley.

Ginevra is a Mary-Sueish name huh?

snailfin July 27 2005, 11:40:50 UTC

Ginevra (or is it Ginerva) is just a rip-off name from Minerva because JKR couldn't be bothered to think of a cool name XD

snailfin July 27 2005, 11:41:42 UTC

And P.S. Loving your Cho Chang icon...I have no idea why people hate her...or why they hate Katie Leung

Thread 5

batista_j July 27 2005, 02:23:07 UTC

Ginerva? Wow, all this time it was Virginia Weasley...crappy name, just like Hermione.

joe_mulcahy July 30 2005, 16:12:59 UTC

No, it's really Ginevra. It sort of makes sense? I mean, if Arthur was named for King Arthur, then it would make sense that there would be a Guinevere in his family, which is what the name Ginevra translates to ( ... )

loveroflaughter August 1 2005, 18:56:56 UTC

So is "Half-Blood Prince" worth the read? I haven't gotten it yet because I had the feeling it was not going to be up to par.

joe_mulcahy August 1 2005, 22:22:48 UTC

In my opinion, it's not worth the time and effort to read it, and certainly not worth its cover price. I've learned my lesson after book five, when I bought the book at a midnight release and absolutely hated it. I first read my friend's copy of HBP (Heartily Botched Plot), then I read another one online so I could review it fairly. I hated it just as much the second time.

Save your hard earned money. If you still want to read it, either:

A)Read it online
B)Read a friend's copy
C)Wait until a disgruntled reader tosses his/her book out the window and pick it out of his rubbish bin

loveroflaughter August 3 2005, 16:45:59 UTC

thank you for the heads up. I shall wait until someone else lets me borrow it.

cutelca August 10 2005, 01:38:17 UTC

Hello there!

If I may ask, where can I get the online version? I´m dying to read the Snape bits!

Thread 6

silver_osiris August 10 2005, 19:11:32 UTC

I don't have much of a problem with Hermione, but I've consistantly wanted to punch Ginny in the face throughout this book. Harry's love interest aside, she's just TOO perfect. She's got this horrifically overstated sense of self-worth that's just obxnoxious. Bravo. This is going in my memories. ^_^

joe_mulcahy August 11 2005, 18:14:05 UTC

In your memories? Why thank you, I've just thought Ginevra was just too hard to believe as a character and had to state the reasons for that disbelief.

Although I don't normally like slash, I think even Harry/Draco, as you have in your icon, would be an improvement over the unconvincing relationships shown in canon.