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blah (![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} reddiej) wrote in ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/community.gif){kind=small} fandom_wank,@ 2005-08-20 14:34:00 |
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| Current mood: |  cynical |
They'll never let us down!
The very talented and brilliant people over at HermionePotter have really taken off the gloves now. They don't hold a grudge at all, honest.
Summary: HBP was an utterly contrived, unbelievable piece of bullshit pulled straight out of Rowling's snidely snickering ass.
Some part of me wishes Jo Rowling read some of this stuff, I really do, and actually retaliated. But she has, oh I don't know, a LIFE? Yes, moving on.
There is of course, with all H/Hr wank, the mention of Sue-Ginny:
The Insertion of a Full-Blown Mary Sue: Ginny Weasley
JKR wrote a Mary Sue, and the Mary Sue's name is Ginevra Weasley.
No question about it anymore.
Brief Explanation: A Mary Sue is a self-insertion, the manifestation of an author's wishful thinking, and the mark of an amateur, immature writer. The culprit author writes herself into the story as this Mary Sue, someone perfect (I dare you to find a real character flaw in Ginny), distinct (Ginny is the only girl, the seventh child, in her family, and she even has a queenly name), and loved by all (Ron, Hermione, Harry, everyone in Hogwarts). She distinguishes herself by being annoyingly perfect and generally superfluous to the storyline, while inexplicably becoming the hero's love interest. She is fiercely defended by her creator, and either immensely loved or immensely loathed by readers.
This describes Ginny exactly. My hat goes off to the prophetic Ana Christina for noticing and writing about it, because at least we had fair warning. To think I was going to debate against Ana in defense of JKR's writing ability.
Right.
And seriously, why all the Jane Austen references? Please let the woman rest in peace. God knows she wouldn't want her good name thrown into the mess that is Harmonian wank.
