Harry naming Albus Severus after Dumbledore and Snape

[scrollgirl]

This is an unpopular opinion, I suspect, but I really really hate those posts that mock Harry for naming Albus Severus after Snape (and Dumbledore), and basically argue that Harry should have named his kid after Remus, Neville, Fred, etc. -- anyone but Snape. And yeah, I totally accept that argument if you're saying that Harry should have backed

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[cactuswatcher]

The character of Ginny has always been a bit unfortunate, always a secondary character, always needing to be protected, always drooling over Harry, almost always passive. If Rowling had given her a bit more of a chance as the series progressed, it might have seemed like she had a will and ideas of her own. Then it might have been possible to believe Ginny had come up with the name Albus Severus and that she had needed to convince Harry, who'd felt guilty for years about how he'd once thought of Snape, it was the right thing to do. That discussion when she was pregnant would have been a better epilogue than the one we got. As it is, I sort of see J K Rowling acting as Harry's doting mother and being a very overbearing mother-in-law for Ginny. (It would be asking a lot of Rowling to let go. None of Harry's peers, not even Ron or Hermione, could do much of anything positive in the series without either standing next to Harry or running to tell him about it.) The symbolism of the name Albus Severus was right. How the name was introduced to the readers was a little cheesy. While the epilogue may have pulled a tear from many, it's not surprising that others wondered, 'Why, the hell did Rowling do that?'

[scrollgirl]

Ginny's not my favourite either, but I don't mind her and she always came across to me as hot-tempered and almost aggressive, so I'm not sure I quite agree about her being passive. Definitely I agree Rowling could have written the epilogue with less cheese -- I wouldn't touch the Harry-Albus Severus conversation, but the lead up to it could have been a bit more nuanced, a bit looser in its structure, instead of basically doing a head-count of half the Weasley clan.