I don't blame people for thier recent lack of enthusiasm. I have felt it too. Book 5 was a traumatic experience from which I have not fully recovered
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2. Speaking of poetry, Ginny wrote poetry in Book 2, with the words "fresh pickled toad" in it. Still one of my favorite passages in any of the books.
While Ginny most certainly does rock, there is some doubt as to whether or not she was the one who wrote and sent that. If I remember correctly (and I may not), the embarrassed reaction we see from Ginny at that point is caused by the fact that she's just figured out that Harry has her diary.
I've always had a sneaking suspicion that Fred and George wrote the valentine.
I'll take that as being open to debate. On the one hand, Ginny is still really shy and young at that point, so would she be capable of writing such a good poem?
On the other hand, it is far more in keeping with the mentality of a middle school girl to write an anonymous love note than it is consistent with the planning of a pair of high school boys to write an anonymous love note. As a former anonymous love note writer, I can say that I have not written one since age 11 (they seem to be universally disastrous) and I have never known a boy to write one.
If Fred and George had wanted to write the note and frame Ginny, why not sign it "Ginny"? They have nothing to lose by signing her name.
Then there is always what's behind door number three in this discussion....
I actually felt rather... satisfied reading as Ginny finally became a real person - and a rather fiesty one at that - in OotP. I wrote Ginny that way in one of my fics, and I still love having written her that way. I just could never believe that any child brought up in that family could be a total wallflower.
Indian burn? Hah hah. Wow, I haven't heard about that since I was... well, it's been a really long time.
For some reason, that makes me think about the Chinese finger trap. No connection whatsoever, but that's how my mind works. And I once read a fic about that, where Harry introduces the trap to Draco............
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This has always made me love Ginny. That and she was the one who told Harry to can the whining. So much Ginny love.
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that was so awesome.
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While Ginny most certainly does rock, there is some doubt as to whether or not she was the one who wrote and sent that. If I remember correctly (and I may not), the embarrassed reaction we see from Ginny at that point is caused by the fact that she's just figured out that Harry has her diary.
I've always had a sneaking suspicion that Fred and George wrote the valentine.
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I'll take that as being open to debate. On the one hand, Ginny is still really shy and young at that point, so would she be capable of writing such a good poem?
On the other hand, it is far more in keeping with the mentality of a middle school girl to write an anonymous love note than it is consistent with the planning of a pair of high school boys to write an anonymous love note.
As a former anonymous love note writer, I can say that I have not written one since age 11 (they seem to be universally disastrous) and I have never known a boy to write one.
If Fred and George had wanted to write the note and frame Ginny, why not sign it "Ginny"? They have nothing to lose by signing her name.
Then there is always what's behind door number three in this discussion....
Fred/Harry/George!
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Actually, "ginevra" is an Italian word for juniper, which in herb lore represents purity. And interestingly enough, so does the lily.
Oh, JKR. No you di-int. Harry/Ginny: theirloveissoOedipal.
(And I concur. I always thought the poem was Fred and George's handiwork!)
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6. She's not involved in some schmoopy relationship with her one true love Neville. Instead, she plays the field:D
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With that many brothers? Heck, no!
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For some reason, that makes me think about the Chinese finger trap. No connection whatsoever, but that's how my mind works. And I once read a fic about that, where Harry introduces the trap to Draco............
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