~~ How I learned to relax and love Ginny Weasley

At first, I just thought it was fun to mess with her, because she's just the most obvious candidate for extreme angst and homicidal urges I saw, next to Harry, what with CoS. She seemed to possess an idealistic, sensitive nature given to foolish fancies (which I know a little something about) and an almost certain passionate aspect (y'know, being a Weasley). She was introspective enough to -keep- a diary in the first place-- therefore she thought about things. She must have been rather traumatized, and the sheer potential for disillusionment with Harry (who didn't want her) was huge. Revenge was definitely a possibility, as I saw it.

So basically, what it comes down to is: it's not that I loved Ginny, but that (I thought I could) write Ginny. I'm really into lots of characters I can't seem to write (or consider hard to write). Ginny, on the other hand, is fun to write. She's so evil mischievous. And yeah, all right, I'll admit it: I like feisty girls... and I like shy girls... and I like that Ginny can be both. This is a question of personal preference, of course, so this whole ramble is not meant as a debate or a defense of canon!Ginny (i.e., an invitation for 'but no! Ginny sucks and here's why!') but more of an explanation, I guess, of what -I- see in her.

I think after one thinks (and writes about) a character enough, one 'possesses' some aspect of them in a way-- and is possessed. In this way, I'm talking about 'my' Ginny more than JKR's... because so much of this is interpretation and elaboration and possibly also wishful thinking and projection. As per usual.

( So I suppose: my Ginny. )