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Girls. Rebekah Send a noteboard - 29/10/2010 05:54:25 PM
No. My main reaction - this time around, can't remember on earlier reads - is bewilderment. Why exactly is Ginny successively "beside herself", "snorting with derisive laughter" and "close to tears now"? That she would get mad and try and get her brothers out of her love life for once and for all, is understandable. But her getting so very upset about it suggests there's more to it. Guilt seems like the obvious explanation - after all, she was raised in the same somewhat puritan family as Ron, perhaps part of her does feel guilty for going through boyfriends at such a rate, particularly since she's still got her sights set on Harry at the end of the day. Frustration too, maybe.

Teenaged girls are very much like that, most of 'em. Age 15: evil hormones doing bad things to your body, boys become utter idiots, and it's really rather nice just to rage a bit every now and then. It's very easy, as a teenaged girl, to switch between emotions quickly. I imagine her over-reaction here is fueled by several things: the tiresome way her brothers think that they can control her love life (brothers are so annoying in that way - protective is nice, over protective is not), hearing Hermione's problems re Ron, and probably frustration over Harry. I understand it completely.
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The Great Harry Potter Re-read: Book Six, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - 18/10/2010 06:12:40 PM 3207 Views
General comments on the book. - 18/10/2010 06:14:10 PM 1870 Views
I am enjoying this a lot more than I thought I would. - 22/10/2010 07:25:17 PM 2017 Views
Yes, I'm loving that I can read in English again. - 22/10/2010 10:10:32 PM 2092 Views
Me too - 01/11/2010 02:11:28 PM 1845 Views
Suggestions. - 18/10/2010 06:18:46 PM 1923 Views
Re: Suggestions. - 20/10/2010 03:20:18 PM 2060 Views
*cough* - 09/11/2010 09:24:21 AM 1793 Views
Oh yes. I'm being distracted by Towers of Midnight. *NM* - 09/11/2010 02:11:22 PM 1109 Views
Shocking. *NM* - 09/11/2010 02:13:43 PM 1052 Views
Are we having a break right now? - 12/11/2010 06:48:10 PM 1944 Views
Re: Are we having a break right now? - 12/11/2010 10:05:30 PM 2259 Views
Chapters 1-3: The Other Minister, Spinner's End, Will and Won't. - 18/10/2010 06:21:55 PM 2127 Views
Characters: The three Ministers, Snape, Narcissa, Bellatrix, Harry, Dumbledore, the Dursleys. - 18/10/2010 06:25:12 PM 2129 Views
Re: Characters: The three Ministers, Snape, Narcissa, Bellatrix, Harry, Dumbledore, the Dursleys. - 18/10/2010 06:55:06 PM 2154 Views
(minor book seven spoilers) - 19/10/2010 11:27:53 AM 2098 Views
Re: (minor book seven spoilers) - 19/10/2010 05:26:50 PM 1880 Views
*spoilers for book 7* an assortment of characters - 19/10/2010 01:01:35 AM 2103 Views
Re: *spoilers for book 7* an assortment of characters - 19/10/2010 11:39:44 AM 1927 Views
Re: *spoilers for book 7* an assortment of characters - 19/10/2010 11:48:45 AM 2181 Views
I rather enjoyed the new characters. - 22/10/2010 07:30:03 PM 1877 Views
Re: I rather enjoyed the new characters. - 22/10/2010 08:33:44 PM 2008 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 18/10/2010 06:28:16 PM 975 Views
Dumbledore-centered. - 19/10/2010 01:03:05 AM 2015 Views
Re: Dumbledore-centered. - 22/10/2010 07:31:56 PM 1981 Views
Re: Dumbledore-centered. - 22/10/2010 07:33:34 PM 1958 Views
Chapters 4-6: Horace Slughorn, An Excess of Phlegm, Draco's Detour. *NM* - 20/10/2010 03:44:39 PM 1112 Views
Characters: Slughorn, Fleur, the Trio, Draco and Narcissa Malfoy,... - 20/10/2010 03:46:47 PM 2056 Views
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(Mostly) on Slughorn, Narcissa and Fleur... - 20/10/2010 09:25:20 PM 2127 Views
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Re: (Mostly) on Slughorn, Narcissa and Fleur... - 20/10/2010 11:20:28 PM 1894 Views
Re: (Mostly) on Slughorn, Narcissa and Fleur... - 21/10/2010 12:04:23 AM 1648 Views
Re: (Mostly) on Slughorn, Narcissa and Fleur... - 20/10/2010 10:20:28 PM 2019 Views
Re: (Mostly) on Slughorn, Narcissa and Fleur... - 20/10/2010 11:23:38 PM 1891 Views
Re: Characters: Slughorn, Fleur, the Trio, Draco and Narcissa Malfoy,... - 20/10/2010 10:15:58 PM 2038 Views
On Ron's reaction to Fleur... - 20/10/2010 11:30:48 PM 1972 Views
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Fleur - 23/10/2010 05:11:08 PM 1836 Views
Dumbledore, Slughorn, Tonks, Mr & Mrs Weasley, Hermione, Narcissa and the twins. - 20/10/2010 09:23:04 PM 1913 Views
Characters. - 25/10/2010 03:10:35 AM 1836 Views
Plotting and writing. - 20/10/2010 03:47:55 PM 1940 Views
*minor spoilers for book 7* - 20/10/2010 09:23:44 PM 1987 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 20/10/2010 03:48:07 PM 968 Views
Dumbledore's Stephen Fry moment... or maybe that's just me. - 22/10/2010 07:35:59 PM 1787 Views
It's not just you - 22/10/2010 08:34:25 PM 1785 Views
Chapters 7-9: Slug Club, Snape Victorious, The Half-Blood Prince *NM* - 22/10/2010 07:23:03 PM 1124 Views
Characters *NM* - 22/10/2010 07:23:24 PM 1061 Views
Harry, Romilda, Malfoy (in luuuve), Snape, Lavender Brown, McGonagall, Hermione and Slughorn. - 22/10/2010 07:26:19 PM 2040 Views
Thoughts about your thoughts. - 23/10/2010 05:28:10 PM 1821 Views
Re: Thoughts about your thoughts. - 24/10/2010 09:18:37 AM 1815 Views
More characters. - 25/10/2010 03:21:33 AM 1830 Views
Re: More characters. - 25/10/2010 10:27:33 AM 1849 Views
Love is in the air, evidently. - 22/10/2010 07:54:35 PM 1990 Views
Re: Love is in the air, evidently. - 22/10/2010 09:04:24 PM 1926 Views
Re: Love is in the air, evidently. - 22/10/2010 09:54:46 PM 1850 Views
Slytherin had been in need of new blood for a long time. (And assorted other comments.) - 22/10/2010 10:34:49 PM 2003 Views
Neville. - 23/10/2010 05:30:39 PM 1920 Views
Re: Neville. - 08/11/2010 02:35:57 PM 2000 Views
NEWT Potions - 24/10/2010 03:24:42 AM 1992 Views
Re: Characters - 24/10/2010 03:41:30 AM 2038 Views
Re: Characters - 25/10/2010 10:44:00 AM 1872 Views
Plotting and writing. *NM* - 22/10/2010 07:23:37 PM 1058 Views
Dumbledore, patronuses and the DADA job. - 22/10/2010 07:27:23 PM 1948 Views
Malfoy and the DADA job. - 22/10/2010 10:51:03 PM 1857 Views
Re: Malfoy and the DADA job. - 25/10/2010 11:31:57 AM 1894 Views
Re: Dumbledore, patronuses and the DADA job. - 23/10/2010 05:32:27 PM 1836 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 22/10/2010 07:23:50 PM 1072 Views
I believe in Wrackspurts, too. And some questions. - 22/10/2010 07:28:04 PM 1808 Views
Re: I believe in Wrackspurts, too. And some questions. - 23/10/2010 05:33:27 PM 1928 Views
Re: I believe in Wrackspurts, too. And some questions. - 25/10/2010 03:06:43 AM 1887 Views
Chapters 10-12: The House of Gaunt, Hermione's Helping Hand, Silver and Opals. *NM* - 25/10/2010 05:00:02 PM 1127 Views
Characters: The Gaunts, the Trio, Hagrid, and many more. *NM* - 25/10/2010 05:02:07 PM 1076 Views
Harry's continued insistence about Malfoy really irritates me (even though he's right). - 25/10/2010 06:15:23 PM 2103 Views
*lol* - 25/10/2010 06:39:19 PM 1924 Views
I don't hide from my faults. - 25/10/2010 08:01:39 PM 1768 Views
Re: I don't hide from my faults. - 28/10/2010 04:59:54 AM 1935 Views
Re: *lol* - 26/10/2010 09:50:09 AM 1911 Views
~geeky moment~ - 26/10/2010 03:14:52 PM 1826 Views
Re: ~geeky moment~ - 26/10/2010 09:49:12 PM 1780 Views
Trelawny, Ogden, Gaunt, Ron, Hermione, Ron and Harry - 25/10/2010 10:23:55 PM 1842 Views
Re: Trelawny, Ogden, Gaunt, Ron, Hermione, Ron and Harry - 26/10/2010 11:56:59 PM 1976 Views
Re: Trelawny, Ogden, Gaunt, Ron, Hermione, Ron and Harry - 27/10/2010 08:14:42 AM 1959 Views
Plotting and writing. - 25/10/2010 05:03:16 PM 1936 Views
Amazing amounts of accurate guesswork here, in hindsight. - 25/10/2010 05:37:28 PM 1971 Views
Re: Amazing amounts of accurate guesswork here, in hindsight. - 26/10/2010 09:46:47 AM 1856 Views
The smuggling and Trelawney's rambling. - 27/10/2010 12:05:48 AM 1914 Views
Re: The smuggling and Trelawney's rambling. - 27/10/2010 08:10:46 AM 1846 Views
Things - 25/10/2010 10:24:19 PM 1997 Views
Re: Things - 27/10/2010 12:01:17 AM 1991 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 25/10/2010 05:03:32 PM 887 Views
Dumbledore still sounds like Stephen Fry. And reflections on the nature of Potions class. - 25/10/2010 05:11:24 PM 1809 Views
It's like baking, I think. - 25/10/2010 05:32:42 PM 1899 Views
Good analogy - 25/10/2010 05:52:38 PM 1774 Views
Yes, exactly like baking - and advanced baking involves experimenting, substituting, improvising. - 25/10/2010 06:42:42 PM 2001 Views
But not at high school. - 25/10/2010 07:57:44 PM 1886 Views
Also - 04/11/2010 09:29:47 AM 1860 Views
Also, Parseltongue - is Harry that thick, or is it a magic thing? - 25/10/2010 05:18:41 PM 1880 Views
I think it's a magic thing. - 25/10/2010 05:34:09 PM 1873 Views
It can be learned actually. Dumbledore implies he knows it and Ron uses it in book 7 - 25/10/2010 05:55:28 PM 1869 Views
Huh. I completely missed that. Good thing we're doing a reread. - 25/10/2010 05:57:38 PM 1887 Views
Speaking of Dumbledore and Parseltongue. - 28/10/2010 05:03:10 AM 2135 Views
parseltongue - 25/10/2010 10:24:46 PM 2007 Views
Interesting how many of our remarks are along similar lines. *NM* - 25/10/2010 10:27:30 PM 942 Views
Indeed - 26/10/2010 09:20:43 AM 1885 Views
Chapters 13-15: The Secret Riddle, Felix Felicis, The Unbreakable Vow *NM* - 27/10/2010 04:16:28 PM 1062 Views
Characters: The Trio, Ginny, Tom Riddle, Draco,... *NM* - 27/10/2010 04:17:12 PM 1051 Views
Dumbledore, Voldemort, Ron & Hermione, Harry, Ginny, Luna - 27/10/2010 10:31:39 PM 1924 Views
My take on Ginny is rather different, I must say... at least this time around. - 29/10/2010 01:47:20 PM 1838 Views
Girls. - 29/10/2010 05:54:25 PM 1904 Views
Draco: Not as confident as he appears, surely. - 29/10/2010 02:02:01 PM 2032 Views
Re: Draco: Not as confident as he appears, surely. - 29/10/2010 09:01:56 PM 2020 Views
Plotting and writing. *NM* - 27/10/2010 04:17:26 PM 853 Views
plot and writing. - 27/10/2010 10:30:14 PM 1914 Views
Re: plot and writing. - 28/10/2010 05:07:03 AM 2044 Views
Draco can dissemble rather well, just like his parents. - 29/10/2010 02:08:35 PM 1917 Views
Re: Draco can dissemble rather well, just like his parents. - 29/10/2010 09:00:36 PM 1934 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 27/10/2010 04:17:42 PM 911 Views
Re: Anything else? - 27/10/2010 10:30:55 PM 2047 Views
Re: Anything else? - 28/10/2010 04:56:10 AM 1972 Views
Harry comments on that when in Snape's memories in book five. - 28/10/2010 10:42:08 AM 1832 Views
I wonder if that's actually true, though. - 28/10/2010 10:39:20 AM 2076 Views
Re: I wonder if that's actually true, though. - 28/10/2010 10:44:22 AM 1903 Views
It's more than that, though. - 28/10/2010 10:55:49 AM 1960 Views
Re: It's more than that, though. - 28/10/2010 11:48:19 AM 1786 Views
Chapters 16-18: A Very Frosty Christmas, A Sluggish Memory, Birthday Surprises *NM* - 29/10/2010 05:40:39 PM 1064 Views
Characters: The Trio, Fleur, Scrimgeour, Percy, Remus, Slughorn,... *NM* - 29/10/2010 05:43:02 PM 1127 Views
Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 29/10/2010 08:51:58 PM 2045 Views
Re: Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 29/10/2010 11:24:02 PM 1862 Views
Re: Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 29/10/2010 11:51:06 PM 1878 Views
Re: Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 31/10/2010 09:14:46 PM 2098 Views
Re: Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 31/10/2010 09:07:19 PM 1983 Views
Re: Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 02/11/2010 06:23:04 PM 1927 Views
Re: Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 02/11/2010 07:20:26 PM 1600 Views
Re: Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 04/11/2010 04:03:02 AM 1866 Views
And - 04/11/2010 10:46:37 AM 1894 Views
Plotting and writing. - 29/10/2010 05:43:49 PM 1835 Views
Re: Plotting and writing. - 29/10/2010 08:52:34 PM 1957 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 29/10/2010 05:44:04 PM 940 Views
My comments on Potions class were heeded! Excellent. - 29/10/2010 11:28:43 PM 1885 Views
Re: My comments on Potions class were heeded! Excellent. - 29/10/2010 11:52:12 PM 1942 Views
Chapters 19-21: Elf Tails, Lord Voldemort's Requests, The Unknowable Room *NM* - 01/11/2010 02:00:22 PM 831 Views
Characters: The Trio, the elves, Draco, Dumbledore,... *NM* - 01/11/2010 02:00:56 PM 1179 Views
the twins, Hermione, Ron, Luna, Voldemort, Draco and Tonks - 01/11/2010 02:08:32 PM 1762 Views
Re: the twins, Hermione, Ron, Luna, Voldemort, Draco and Tonks - 01/11/2010 05:10:11 PM 2003 Views
Re: the twins, Hermione, Ron, Luna, Voldemort, Draco and Tonks - 01/11/2010 05:16:30 PM 2083 Views
Plotting and writing. *NM* - 01/11/2010 02:01:13 PM 938 Views
Dumbledore, little girls and the house-elf issue again. - 01/11/2010 02:09:35 PM 2112 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 01/11/2010 02:01:27 PM 947 Views
Chapters 22-24: After the Burial, Horcruxes, Sectumsempra - 03/11/2010 09:50:17 PM 2155 Views
Characters. *NM* - 03/11/2010 09:50:33 PM 1088 Views
Malfoy, Ron & Hermione, Slughorn, Voldemort, Snape and Ginny. - 04/11/2010 12:12:57 AM 1932 Views
Draco, Slughorn, Snape, the romance. - 04/11/2010 02:02:04 PM 1969 Views
Re: Draco, Slughorn, Snape, the romance. - 04/11/2010 02:16:17 PM 1993 Views
Plotting and writing. *NM* - 03/11/2010 09:50:50 PM 962 Views
Harry wrong again, house elves, horcruxes, free will, well hidden clues and some irony *DH spoiler* - 03/11/2010 10:35:20 PM 1897 Views
Re: Stuff. - 04/11/2010 04:28:04 AM 1936 Views
Re: Stuff. *spoilers for book 7* - 04/11/2010 09:10:19 AM 1996 Views
This "we'll see in book seven" thing is getting old, but still that's what I have to say here... - 04/11/2010 01:23:01 PM 1785 Views
Yes, I think you are right - 04/11/2010 01:24:41 PM 1954 Views
Well, I'm back. Some comments inside. *DH Spoilers* - 08/11/2010 02:28:11 PM 1965 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 03/11/2010 09:51:04 PM 957 Views
Chapters 25-27: The Seer Overheard, The Cave, The Lightning-Struck Tower - 05/11/2010 05:37:42 PM 1779 Views
Plotting and writing. - 05/11/2010 05:39:27 PM 1619 Views
*spoilers for book 7* - 05/11/2010 07:55:07 PM 1824 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 05/11/2010 05:39:43 PM 969 Views
I like how good magic is not flashy. Also, a Tolkien thing - 05/11/2010 07:55:27 PM 1879 Views
I didn't take the comparison as far, but the gate thing did remind me of Moria, yes. (DH spoilers) - 05/11/2010 10:03:16 PM 2126 Views
yes - 05/11/2010 10:06:43 PM 1846 Views
Chapters 28-30: Flight of the Prince, The Phoenix Lament, The White Tomb. *NM* - 09/11/2010 02:13:12 PM 1086 Views
Characters. *NM* - 09/11/2010 02:13:25 PM 907 Views
Plotting and writing. *NM* - 09/11/2010 02:13:40 PM 1035 Views
Spoilers. - 09/11/2010 02:26:38 PM 1800 Views
Re: Spoilers. - 09/11/2010 04:49:06 PM 1866 Views
I'm assuming not even the Ministry knows 100% what she did. - 13/11/2010 12:26:14 AM 1969 Views
Very true. - 15/11/2010 01:48:36 PM 1954 Views
Not much, no, but there's one fairly crucial mention. - 15/11/2010 04:37:23 PM 1915 Views
Re: Spoilers. - 13/11/2010 12:22:22 AM 2079 Views
Re: Spoilers. - 13/11/2010 09:38:09 AM 2216 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 09/11/2010 02:13:53 PM 939 Views
We did the Harry Potter marathon thing on Sunday - 09/11/2010 02:28:08 PM 1936 Views
I vaguely remember something of the sort, yes. - 09/11/2010 02:57:56 PM 2158 Views
Re: I vaguely remember something of the sort, yes. - 09/11/2010 02:58:56 PM 1825 Views
This is definitely the most painfully altered of the movies. - 09/11/2010 04:34:33 PM 1973 Views
Re: This is definitely the most painfully altered of the movies. - 09/11/2010 04:36:29 PM 1925 Views
Very true. - 09/11/2010 04:40:24 PM 2155 Views
Re: Very true. - 09/11/2010 04:43:45 PM 2419 Views
Agreed. - 09/11/2010 04:53:46 PM 1948 Views
Re: Agreed. - 09/11/2010 04:58:59 PM 2045 Views

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