Here it is, as promised, more Ginny.
So what seems entirely too unrealistic to me is that fact that Ginny was completely in love with Harry when she was a young girl. She was obsessed with him. She was a fangirl. It was a celebrity crush. How likely is it, really, that she actually ends up marrying him and having three kids with him? It is completely unrealistic in every way shape and form. It would never happen in real life.
Let us take a journey back to the first time that Ginny actually gets to meet Harry: when he unexpectedly shows up at the Burrow when Fred, George, and Ron go to get him from the Dursley's. She is looking for her jumper, and doesn't know that Harry is there, and when she sees him, she does that exact same thing that I would do if Tom Felton was sitting in my living room and I didn't know about it. She freaked out, started majorly blushing, and ran away. She was so in love with him, that being faced with actually having to talk with him was too much for her to handle. It seems way too impossible for her to end up spending the rest of her life with him, am I wrong?
I really don't think that they should have ended up together, to be completely honest. It seems to perfect to fit the Harry Potter series. I think that they both should have ended up with someone that wasn't really known in the series. Someone that wasn't just a teen romance. Someone new that led to more of a plot. It just seems like a better option to me, but I am not JK Rowling, and the series is still perfect anyways.
Until next time, fellow Potterheads!
Monday, January 20, 2014
"There he is, Mom! There he is, look!" - Ginny Weasley
Hello, fellow Potterheads!
Today I am going to talk about Ginny, both in the books and in the movies.
As I'm sure you have realized by now, I am fully convinced that the book characters and the movie characters are completely different. I love Harry in the books, but hate him in the movies, while I hate Draco in the books, but absolutely adore him in the movies. And that isn't me being rude to either the directors of the movie, or to JK Rowling for writing the books. It's just me interpreting the plotline as I see it.
So when it comes to Ginny, I love her in the books. She seems like such a strong character, and such an amazing witch! She was one of the most powerful witches of her time, right up there with Hermione. She just seemed like she was a really chill girl, and her romance with Harry was amazing to read about.
But in the movies, all of that Ginny magic seemed to fall extremely flat. It was dull. It was boring. It is the part of the movie that I would most likely sleep through. There was so much potential in Ginny for a book to movie interpretation, but it wasn't shown, and I honestly do believe that it is partially because of how romanticized Cho and Harry were, and I think that it was partially because of how the directors wanted the films to be.
In the movies, Cho and Harry were so romanticized, it was almost ridiculous, while Ginny and Harry kind of appeared out of the blue. If someone hadn't read the books and just saw the movies, they would have probably seen Ginny and Harry as a complete shock. He doesn't end up with Cho? Or maybe Hermione? Nope, all of a sudden, Ginny is Harry's everything. It's like the directors completely swapped Harry and Cho's awkward relationship and made the awkward relationship happen with Harry and Ginny instead. Then made the most intimate relationship between Harry and Cho, when it was completely supposed to happen with Harry and Ginny. It is completely backwards.
I'll probably talk more about Ginny in my next post, because I have a lot of mixed feeling about her. Until next time, Potterheads!
Today I am going to talk about Ginny, both in the books and in the movies.
As I'm sure you have realized by now, I am fully convinced that the book characters and the movie characters are completely different. I love Harry in the books, but hate him in the movies, while I hate Draco in the books, but absolutely adore him in the movies. And that isn't me being rude to either the directors of the movie, or to JK Rowling for writing the books. It's just me interpreting the plotline as I see it.
So when it comes to Ginny, I love her in the books. She seems like such a strong character, and such an amazing witch! She was one of the most powerful witches of her time, right up there with Hermione. She just seemed like she was a really chill girl, and her romance with Harry was amazing to read about.
But in the movies, all of that Ginny magic seemed to fall extremely flat. It was dull. It was boring. It is the part of the movie that I would most likely sleep through. There was so much potential in Ginny for a book to movie interpretation, but it wasn't shown, and I honestly do believe that it is partially because of how romanticized Cho and Harry were, and I think that it was partially because of how the directors wanted the films to be.
In the movies, Cho and Harry were so romanticized, it was almost ridiculous, while Ginny and Harry kind of appeared out of the blue. If someone hadn't read the books and just saw the movies, they would have probably seen Ginny and Harry as a complete shock. He doesn't end up with Cho? Or maybe Hermione? Nope, all of a sudden, Ginny is Harry's everything. It's like the directors completely swapped Harry and Cho's awkward relationship and made the awkward relationship happen with Harry and Ginny instead. Then made the most intimate relationship between Harry and Cho, when it was completely supposed to happen with Harry and Ginny. It is completely backwards.
I'll probably talk more about Ginny in my next post, because I have a lot of mixed feeling about her. Until next time, Potterheads!
Sunday, January 12, 2014
"Draco Malfoy, The Amazing, Bouncing Ferret." - Ron Weasley
Hello, fellow Potterheads!
Something that has always bothered me about the Harry Potter fandom, is that Ron is commonly viewed as a comic relief character. I will never think that he is solely in the series to be a comic relief. He is so much more than that in my eyes. He killed a horcrux at the same time that he was watching his greatest fear: the girl he was head over heels in love with choosing his best friend instead of him. It was something that involved a great deal of bravery, and absolutely no comedy whatsoever. He didn't crack a joke while he was doing that, and I don't think anyone was laughing at that scene in the theater.
It also really bothers me that people don't think that Ron "deserved" Hermione.
...
No.
Remember, kids, women aren't objects that can be stolen or owned. I think that people forget that way too often. Most of the time, the people who claim that Ron wasn't "deserving" of Hermione are the same people that say that James wasn't "deserving" of Lily.
If these strong and independent women didn't want to marry who they did, they wouldn't have said yes to the marriage proposal. I don't think either Hermione or Lily would have been with someone they didn't think was good for them.
Unless it was in an over dramatic fanfiction.
Until next time, Potterheads!
Something that has always bothered me about the Harry Potter fandom, is that Ron is commonly viewed as a comic relief character. I will never think that he is solely in the series to be a comic relief. He is so much more than that in my eyes. He killed a horcrux at the same time that he was watching his greatest fear: the girl he was head over heels in love with choosing his best friend instead of him. It was something that involved a great deal of bravery, and absolutely no comedy whatsoever. He didn't crack a joke while he was doing that, and I don't think anyone was laughing at that scene in the theater.
It also really bothers me that people don't think that Ron "deserved" Hermione.
...
No.
Remember, kids, women aren't objects that can be stolen or owned. I think that people forget that way too often. Most of the time, the people who claim that Ron wasn't "deserving" of Hermione are the same people that say that James wasn't "deserving" of Lily.
If these strong and independent women didn't want to marry who they did, they wouldn't have said yes to the marriage proposal. I don't think either Hermione or Lily would have been with someone they didn't think was good for them.
Unless it was in an over dramatic fanfiction.
Until next time, Potterheads!
"Mr. Moony presents his compliments to Professor Snape, and begs him to keep his abnormally large nose out of other people’s business. Mr. Prongs agrees with Mr. Moony, and would like to add that Professor Snape is an ugly git. Mr. Padfoot would like to register his astonishment that an idiot like that ever became a professor. Mr. Wormtail bids Professor Snape good day, and advises him to wash his hair, the slimeball." - The Marauders' Map
Sorry that the title of this one is so long, but you can't cut down a good bit of sass from a map.
In this post, I'm going to talk about how much I love the Marauders.
Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs.
Werewolf, rat, dog, and horse.
Lupin, Pettigrew, Black, and Potter.
Remus, Peter, Sirius, and James.
They truly were the best group in the entire series, in my opinion.
I know what you all are thinking. "I thought that you despised Peter Pettigrew!" Well, of course I do. I love the Marauders though. I expecially love them when they were in their prime: while they were in school at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. They were the biggest troublemakers, and I love that about them. they didn't care what anyone said, they were going to do what they wanted to. While I don't always like it when people act like, in this situation, I adore them for it.
I wish that we got to see a lot more of them in both the movies and the books. I think that their story would be the most magical to hear about. James and Lily's romance, and James and Remus' bromance. The nights that they went to the Shrieking Shack through the Whomping Willow. Year One all the way through Year Seven. It would be an amazing story.
Thanks for reading, fellow Potterheads!
In this post, I'm going to talk about how much I love the Marauders.
Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs.
Werewolf, rat, dog, and horse.
Lupin, Pettigrew, Black, and Potter.
Remus, Peter, Sirius, and James.
They truly were the best group in the entire series, in my opinion.
I know what you all are thinking. "I thought that you despised Peter Pettigrew!" Well, of course I do. I love the Marauders though. I expecially love them when they were in their prime: while they were in school at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. They were the biggest troublemakers, and I love that about them. they didn't care what anyone said, they were going to do what they wanted to. While I don't always like it when people act like, in this situation, I adore them for it.
I wish that we got to see a lot more of them in both the movies and the books. I think that their story would be the most magical to hear about. James and Lily's romance, and James and Remus' bromance. The nights that they went to the Shrieking Shack through the Whomping Willow. Year One all the way through Year Seven. It would be an amazing story.
Thanks for reading, fellow Potterheads!
"It is our choices, Harry, that show us who we truly are, far more than our abilities." - Albus Dumbledore
Hello fellow Potterheads!
Today I will be talking about yet another Albus Dumbledore quote. This one will turn out to be very similar to my last post, because I will be talking about following realistic and attainable dreams.
this is one of my favorite quotes from the entire series, mostly because it has been proven true in our Muggle lives, along with the Wizarding World.
It sort of goes along the same lines as "actions speak louder than words," and "it's the thought that counts." Sometimes what you try to do is more important that what you actually do. what if Harry hadn't found all the Horcruxes and destroyed Voldemort? Yes, that would royally suck, but you know what, he tried. He tried to defeat him, and he could have just shrugged his shoulders and walked away. Making an effort is better than doing nothing at all. Trying is all that anyone could really ask of Harry.
So, as I stated earlier, I see this quotes as a kind of "follow your dreams" thing. Say all you wanted to do in this world was be a musician. Would you rather try your hardest to be a good musician, or get a degree in business and spend the rest of your life in a cubicle, miserable? I know for sure that I would rather try. Who cares if you're a coffee shop musician? You would be happy and content because you are doing exactly what you love. Passions are really what matter in this world, and if you aren't doing what makes you happy, what are you really achieving?
Until next time, Potterheads!
Today I will be talking about yet another Albus Dumbledore quote. This one will turn out to be very similar to my last post, because I will be talking about following realistic and attainable dreams.
this is one of my favorite quotes from the entire series, mostly because it has been proven true in our Muggle lives, along with the Wizarding World.
It sort of goes along the same lines as "actions speak louder than words," and "it's the thought that counts." Sometimes what you try to do is more important that what you actually do. what if Harry hadn't found all the Horcruxes and destroyed Voldemort? Yes, that would royally suck, but you know what, he tried. He tried to defeat him, and he could have just shrugged his shoulders and walked away. Making an effort is better than doing nothing at all. Trying is all that anyone could really ask of Harry.
So, as I stated earlier, I see this quotes as a kind of "follow your dreams" thing. Say all you wanted to do in this world was be a musician. Would you rather try your hardest to be a good musician, or get a degree in business and spend the rest of your life in a cubicle, miserable? I know for sure that I would rather try. Who cares if you're a coffee shop musician? You would be happy and content because you are doing exactly what you love. Passions are really what matter in this world, and if you aren't doing what makes you happy, what are you really achieving?
Until next time, Potterheads!
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live." - Albus Dumbledore
Hello, Potterheads!
Sorry to disappoint you all, but yet again, I have to disagree with the almighty Dumbledore.
Sometimes it is better to focus more on dreams than your life. Sometimes.
Say you dream of being a musician. You need to hold on to the passion that that dream holds, otherwise you might fail. Your dreams won't come true, and you will be stuck in a small town in the Midwest with neighbors that raise roosters in their backyards. That isn't fun, and you might be unhappy for the rest of your life, dreaming of what could have been.
And in my opinion, you will be able to forgive yourself for things that you actually did, but you will never be able to forgive yourself for the things that you didn't do.
You can't go back in time and do things that you didn't, and you'll always be stuck wondering about the what ifs. But if you did do something that you regret, you know what would have happened.
So in some cases, it is better to concentrate so hard on your dreams, because they are your being. They are your life. And they are what keeps you holding on.
If your dreams are about unicorns and ponies, yes, I could see what Dumbledore means by this. Stop thinking about the ponies. Put the pony down. Focus on what is actually happening.
But if you dream of something substantial and different for your life, then you need to focus on that. You need to dwell on that so you don't lose that passion.
Until next time, Potterheads!
Sorry to disappoint you all, but yet again, I have to disagree with the almighty Dumbledore.
Sometimes it is better to focus more on dreams than your life. Sometimes.
Say you dream of being a musician. You need to hold on to the passion that that dream holds, otherwise you might fail. Your dreams won't come true, and you will be stuck in a small town in the Midwest with neighbors that raise roosters in their backyards. That isn't fun, and you might be unhappy for the rest of your life, dreaming of what could have been.
And in my opinion, you will be able to forgive yourself for things that you actually did, but you will never be able to forgive yourself for the things that you didn't do.
You can't go back in time and do things that you didn't, and you'll always be stuck wondering about the what ifs. But if you did do something that you regret, you know what would have happened.
So in some cases, it is better to concentrate so hard on your dreams, because they are your being. They are your life. And they are what keeps you holding on.
If your dreams are about unicorns and ponies, yes, I could see what Dumbledore means by this. Stop thinking about the ponies. Put the pony down. Focus on what is actually happening.
But if you dream of something substantial and different for your life, then you need to focus on that. You need to dwell on that so you don't lose that passion.
Until next time, Potterheads!
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