They had a thing where Ginny would constantly steal Harry's socks, his boxers, and, IIRC, his shirts. And then she'd wander around in his shirts and boxers, or a small towel, and he'd be all "OMG, she's a girl! She's so sexy!"
There was also a persistent theme of Harry suddenly realizing that Ginny was a girl, and her making him crawl and humiliate himself for not noticing her sooner. That one really bugged me. The 'suddenly notices her' trope is okay, but the rest is just nasty and OOC. (Well, to be fair, more OOC for Harry than for Ginny. And I say this as a fan of Ginny.)
I think the popularity of livejournal has been very good for HP fandom, overall. It's allowed things to splinter and reduced the 'name' power of any given person. This does mean that it's hard to keep track of everything -- if you want to keep track of everything -- but it removes a lot of the pressure-cooker effects that made me uneasy back in 2002 and early 2003.
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Date: 2006-06-22 12:35 am (UTC)There was also a persistent theme of Harry suddenly realizing that Ginny was a girl, and her making him crawl and humiliate himself for not noticing her sooner. That one really bugged me. The 'suddenly notices her' trope is okay, but the rest is just nasty and OOC. (Well, to be fair, more OOC for Harry than for Ginny. And I say this as a fan of Ginny.)
I think the popularity of livejournal has been very good for HP fandom, overall. It's allowed things to splinter and reduced the 'name' power of any given person. This does mean that it's hard to keep track of everything -- if you want to keep track of everything -- but it removes a lot of the pressure-cooker effects that made me uneasy back in 2002 and early 2003.