Harry/Ginny really does BOTHER ME. He just doesn't seem to respect her abilities. Ginny was never one of my characters. Like I said, I like her fine, but I was never hugely invested in her. That said, she was always, *always* portrayed as competent and clever, and Harry never treats her that way.
marrying them, having them breed and then killing them feels like a slap
It really does. I don't guess I think it's intentional, but she HAD to know, and she is very protective of her world. And, like, that's fair? She can do what she wants with her characters? But given how politicized the books are *against* oppression of all kinds, and the way that multiple queer readings are possible (squibs, for example, as a friend of mine pointed out) to have them heteronormalized (is that a word?) on the meta level totally feels like a slap in the face and it really pisses me off. Not that I thought she would go there or expected her to. (Though I wish we lived in a world where she *could.) She could have just left them alone and let the subtext speak for itself.
marrying them, having them breed and then killing them feels like a slap
It really does. I don't guess I think it's intentional, but she HAD to know, and she is very protective of her world. And, like, that's fair? She can do what she wants with her characters? But given how politicized the books are *against* oppression of all kinds, and the way that multiple queer readings are possible (squibs, for example, as a friend of mine pointed out) to have them heteronormalized (is that a word?) on the meta level totally feels like a slap in the face and it really pisses me off. Not that I thought she would go there or expected her to. (Though I wish we lived in a world where she *could.) She could have just left them alone and let the subtext speak for itself.
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