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Summary: "Chamber of Secrets" from Ginny's point of view. In this chapter, we follow Ginny through her first week of classes, during which much goes right but more goes wrong.
The chapter title is a stealth pun. The obvious reference is the start of Ginny's year-long fight with Daphne. The other reference is that the aforementioned clash occurs in a Potions lesson, and Ginny's ruined potion explodes. (Hey, I never claimed I had a good sense of humor.)
Anyway, this is the intro-to-classes chapter. That stuff I said about Ginny working hard at lessons comes into play a little here. Note that she has read every one of the free set of Lockhart's books that Harry gave her after the mess in Flourish and Blotts -- mostly because Mrs. Weasley likes him, but Ginny could easily have skimmed them and simply said she'd read them. Instead, she actually paid attention. And because she's read them, she thinks Lockhart is a fraud. That is a combination of pre-existing dislike (both because he embarrassed her and Harry, and because of her mother's crush) and basic logic. That ability to put two and two together, and find the holes in somebody's self-serving lies, will come back later in a more significant moment.
( cut for length )
Bechdel Test = PASS, multiple times
...
Okay, that's enough for tonight.
The chapter title is a stealth pun. The obvious reference is the start of Ginny's year-long fight with Daphne. The other reference is that the aforementioned clash occurs in a Potions lesson, and Ginny's ruined potion explodes. (Hey, I never claimed I had a good sense of humor.)
Anyway, this is the intro-to-classes chapter. That stuff I said about Ginny working hard at lessons comes into play a little here. Note that she has read every one of the free set of Lockhart's books that Harry gave her after the mess in Flourish and Blotts -- mostly because Mrs. Weasley likes him, but Ginny could easily have skimmed them and simply said she'd read them. Instead, she actually paid attention. And because she's read them, she thinks Lockhart is a fraud. That is a combination of pre-existing dislike (both because he embarrassed her and Harry, and because of her mother's crush) and basic logic. That ability to put two and two together, and find the holes in somebody's self-serving lies, will come back later in a more significant moment.
( cut for length )
Bechdel Test = PASS, multiple times
...
Okay, that's enough for tonight.
