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Summary: "Chamber of Secrets" from Ginny's point of view. After Harry kills Tom and the basilisk, Ginny faces her complete failure to either solve her own problems or keep Harry safe. She does not cope well, but at least not everyone blames her for helping Tom. That's a good thing, right?
This chapter was a bitch and a half to write, partly because internal conflict (moral and emotional) is less obviously dramatic than external conflict, but mostly because I was, of necessity, drawing very, very heavily on my own experience with depression, guilt spirals, and in-the-box thought patterns. That is not a time of my life I enjoy revisiting for any reason. :-/
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Not a fun chapter in any sense of the word, but a very, very necessary one. As is chapter 14, which is more of the same though with flashes of sunshine through the enveloping murk.
This stuff is, in some ways, the real point of the story. It's my way of saying, not all battles are grand external clashes of magic. Some of the most important ones are fought inside a single person's mind and heart, and in small interpersonal interactions. It's not enough just to save a life. You have to make that life worth living.
Bechdel Test = PASS
This chapter was a bitch and a half to write, partly because internal conflict (moral and emotional) is less obviously dramatic than external conflict, but mostly because I was, of necessity, drawing very, very heavily on my own experience with depression, guilt spirals, and in-the-box thought patterns. That is not a time of my life I enjoy revisiting for any reason. :-/
( cut for length )
...
Not a fun chapter in any sense of the word, but a very, very necessary one. As is chapter 14, which is more of the same though with flashes of sunshine through the enveloping murk.
This stuff is, in some ways, the real point of the story. It's my way of saying, not all battles are grand external clashes of magic. Some of the most important ones are fought inside a single person's mind and heart, and in small interpersonal interactions. It's not enough just to save a life. You have to make that life worth living.
Bechdel Test = PASS
