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⌈ Secret Post #3183 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Interpretations on Canon that you just don't get

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

I'd argue James actually was put on a pedestal up until Harry found out about his teenage acts of dickishness. It makes sense for Harry to idolize his parents to an extent since all the adults he knows constantly talk them up as the Greatest People Ever, and having never met them, it would be comforting for him to imagine them being the Greatest People Ever. Harry gets a rude awakening when Snape's memory contradicts what he'd been led to believe about James, thus pushing James off the pedestal he'd been put on. Harry has no such rude awakening regarding Lily, who for all we know could have also done dickish things when she was a teenager that Harry (and by extension, the readers) never found out about.

As for Ginny being put on a pedestal, I suspect that has more to do with JKR being overly fond of her than anything else. (There's a phenomenon TV Tropes calls the "Creator's Pet", formerly known as "The Wesley" after Wesley Crusher from Star Trek TNG. I think Ginny is a good example of this trope.)

Re: Interpretations on Canon that you just don't get

[(Anonymous)]

I think you're right.

But given that Lily stays on her pedestal and that Harry also seems to build one for Ginny, that combined with similarities in their appearances can't help but to have me be reminded of Lily whenever Harry talks about Ginny.

I do think Ginny is an odd character though -- she seems to have been created specifically as a reward for Harry. The only girl in the Weasley family so that Harry could officially become part of their family. And she's beautiful, intelligent, spunky, great at Quidditch, etc.

I just miss Book 5 Ginny. A lot of people found the transition jarring but I liked it. Ginny had grown up but hadn't been put on the pedestal yet.

Re: Interpretations on Canon that you just don't get

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

I can understand why you'd find Ginny's treatment in the narrative reminiscent of Lily's (they are both definitely idealized characters), but nothing will convince me that any similarities between the two of them are sufficient evidence to claim that Harry canonically has an Oedipus complex.

I do agree that Book 5 Ginny is the best Ginny, though!