Michelle's Journal

I watched The Deathly Hallows again. This time a few more things...

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I'm not sure what this says, other than I've been reading too much Harry Potter lately.

( Last night I dreamed I was Harry Potter. )

I've been pondering the POV-related character development fault of the HP books. A lot of characters have a lot of potential, but you don't see it past Harry's tunnel vision mode.

I have to say, though, that looking at purely what the books did give (as opposed to, say, being comfortable with personal canon by inserting between the lines), I'm thinking Ginny got a bum rap from fandom. Don't get me wrong, she's not a deeply developed character. However, I'd say she got just as much character development as Neville and Draco. Both of those characters greatly benefit from the movies rounding them out. Character-based details about them just...really aren't in the books. There are some character moments for them, but I'd say there are just as many of those same kind of moments for Ginny.

I still don't give a rodent's rear about shipping anyone, so this isn't about me trying to wave a Harry/Ginny flag or anything. I don't really care about that. Just pondering the characters, and fairly confused as to why there's so much Ginny hate. It can't be all due to lack of character development since that describes many of the characters in the HP books. (Oh, and don't even haul out "Mary Sue" with me. 1) That term no longer has any meaning, and 2) Harry himself is 100 times the "Mary Sue" that Ginny will ever be. Mwah.)

I remembered I actually own some HP movies! (Boredom + Target = things I don't really need.)

( Some movies vs books comments that I can remember right now. )

So. The Deathly Hallows...

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Finished The Half Blood Prince. Overall it was the dullest book for me. (Although I did laugh out loud one or two times. Luna moments, I think.)

Harry was obsessed with Draco; I don't care about Draco. There was backstory about Tom Riddle; I didn't find it overly interesting. There was lots of relationship dwama; I was only entertained for so long, amused at how stuff related to ship wars, but after a bit I didn't really care much.

And...there really wasn't a whole lot else to the book. :D

About half way through The Half Blood Prince and have a few thoughts.

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I've started The Half Blood Prince and it's obvious that Harry's started on a path of self sabotage. Apparently his life doesn't suck enough so he's gotta make it worse.

Like deciding to hide out in the Slytherin's train compartment because that will end well. Or deciding to do the Darth Vader nooooooo! in front of the entire school when Snape was announced as the new Defense teacher, since Snape loves a good ribbing by the students.

Rock on, Harry.

I'm a little over halfway through The Order of the Phoenix.

• OMG, EVERYONE IS PMS-ING IN CAPS LOCK. I was warned about Harry, but everyone seems especially pissy. Like they all need Midol...oralius.
  
  
• You don't fuck with Hermione. You just don't. About anything. I love that. :D
  
  
• As fandom has made me way more interested in Ginny than I would have been otherwise, I'm happy she finally getting some characterization. (Seriously, if I hadn't been mildly aware of HP ship wars, I'm sure I wouldn't have paid the character too much attention before now.)
  
  
• Oh, young love. Do you like me? I mean like me like me? XD And the classic:
  
  Hermione: *explains exactly what's going on in a girl's head*
  
  Ron: WTFH?
  
  Harry: *stares blankly*
  
  Hermione: *does not zap them just for the hell of it*