PlanetReelo she/her Posted December 27, 2016 Posted December 27, 2016 Emilia from Re: Zero. She's boring as hell and underdeveloped. I also hate Nagisa of Clannad for pretty much the same reason. I hate Ginny from Harry Potter. I hated the way she was more or less MIA for the majority of the books then was suddenly reintroduced as this beautiful, intelligent, sporty, talented girl. I felt like JKR was trying to force me to like her. To be honest, I'm not that crazy about Navani from SA, but I can't quite put my finger on why. Initially it was because I felt like she was making the moves on Dalinar as a sort of 'back-up' option to Gavilar. Plus she just seemed sort of vapid and overly involved in this romantic drama between her and Dalinar. Now she's been made more sympathetic with the story that she had always loved Dalinar more, but thought he was not interested so married Gavilar instead. And that story just doesn't float with me, so my dislike of her hasn't changed much.
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted December 27, 2016 Posted December 27, 2016 7 minutes ago, PlanetReelo said: I hate Ginny from Harry Potter. I hated the way she was more or less MIA for the majority of the books then was suddenly reintroduced as this beautiful, intelligent, sporty, talented girl. I felt like JKR was trying to force me to like her. She didn't really have a ton of personality for the first five books—she was Ron's little sister, with a few side interests and a huge crush on Harry; and then when Rowling was ready to give Harry a love interest, Ginny suddenly becomes everything Harry could want in a girl. I actually would've been happier if Harry had married someone completely different, someone who wasn't mentioned in the series or mentioned only in passing. Maybe a cute young accountant at the Ministry, or a badchull fellow Auror, or a diplomat who went to one of the other European schools. Then again, I'm not a fan of the high school sweethearts = eternal lasting love forever trope to begin with. 3
PlanetReelo she/her Posted December 27, 2016 Posted December 27, 2016 1 minute ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said: She didn't really have a ton of personality for the first five books—she was Ron's little sister, with a few side interests and a huge crush on Harry; and then when Rowling was ready to give Harry a love interest, Ginny suddenly becomes everything Harry could want in a girl. I actually would've been happier if Harry had married someone completely different, someone who wasn't mentioned in the series or mentioned only in passing. Maybe a cute young accountant at the Ministry, or a badchull fellow Auror, or a diplomat who went to one of the other European schools. Then again, I'm not a fan of the high school sweethearts = eternal lasting love forever trope to begin with. My feelings exactly! I too would have preferred he ended up with someone entirely different. To be honest, I loathed the idea of any romance between Ron and Hermione too, as I wanted the main focus to be the original bond of friendship between the three of them. Adding the romantic dynamic meant that Harry was sort of left out as a third wheel. Ultimately, I wish JKR would have steered away from writing romance as I'm not sure that it's her forte. 1
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted December 27, 2016 Posted December 27, 2016 2 minutes ago, PlanetReelo said: My feelings exactly! I too would have preferred he ended up with someone entirely different. To be honest, I loathed the idea of any romance between Ron and Hermione too, as I wanted the main focus to be the original bond of friendship between the three of them. Adding the romantic dynamic meant that Harry was sort of left out as a third wheel. Ultimately, I wish JKR would have steered away from writing romance as I'm not sure that it's her forte. Not only that, but I felt that having Harry finally become "part of the family" when he marries into the Weasley clan really undermined the family of choice message that had been part of the series for so long. He had father figures in Sirius, Lupin, and Arthur; Ron and the rest of his siblings were Harry's siblings, and Hermione was his sister; he had a mother figure in Molly; and all of this existed without Harry being "officially" related by marriage or blood. And then in the end, he's only truly part of the family when he marries Ginny? Way to shoot that message in the foot, Rowling. 2
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