It seemed odd to contrast Ginny with Hermione by saying she was "small". There seems to be no reason to point out that Hermione had a harder time making it up the hill (the sentence just sits there in its own paragraph, unrelated to anything else). Is it possible to read that Hermione is overweight, or is there something else to contradict that?
I suspect it is just to show Ginny as all lithe and athletic and energetic while Herimone's the one person in the group who doesn't play Quidditch and stays in the library. We'd probably hear if she was actually overweight. But since being good at sports seems a huge reason Harry loves Ginny this alone should be proof H/Hr will not happen.
Cedric is so extreeeeemely handsome! It's been pointed out that the external reason for Harry to remark on the attractiveness of the guys he meets is that the books are being written by a straight female who doesn't know that straight teenaged boys don't think like that. But internally, it just makes Harry read as queer. Which doesn't bother me in the least. :D
I joke about it, but honestly it's gotten to where it actually does read as canon to me. As was said above, JKR writes Ron, and Ron never strikes me this way at all. When he calls Cedric a pretty-boy (I think everybody does at some point) I automatically take it that Ron is accusing Cedric of caring about his looks or not looking manly. With Harry it's just genuine handsomeness. He even notices that Sirius used to be handsome. Seriously, he seems to crush on Sirius immediately in the Pensieve. And I love that because Sirius is acting so much like Draco there, only suddenly his bored affectation is attractive.;-)
Aw, Cedric's so sweet. And he talks about Harry. OTP! Er.
I love the way Amos is set up so clearly--reading it now I know how devestated this guy is going to be when he loses Cedric. I think he knows Cedric is a better man than he is even now, and Cedric seems sweet to Harry and to his father at the same time.
I had completely forgotten about Moody making Harry from another school, but it seems like JKR probably really did want a specific kind of martyr. He should be from Hogwarts, should be fair, should help Harry and all that. "Remember Viktor Krum" wouldn't mean the same thing--plus she can introduce him in an earlier book. Plus, he's British, which I think does bring something to this world that Viktor doesn't.
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I suspect it is just to show Ginny as all lithe and athletic and energetic while Herimone's the one person in the group who doesn't play Quidditch and stays in the library. We'd probably hear if she was actually overweight. But since being good at sports seems a huge reason Harry loves Ginny this alone should be proof H/Hr will not happen.
Cedric is so extreeeeemely handsome! It's been pointed out that the external reason for Harry to remark on the attractiveness of the guys he meets is that the books are being written by a straight female who doesn't know that straight teenaged boys don't think like that. But internally, it just makes Harry read as queer. Which doesn't bother me in the least. :D
I joke about it, but honestly it's gotten to where it actually does read as canon to me. As was said above, JKR writes Ron, and Ron never strikes me this way at all. When he calls Cedric a pretty-boy (I think everybody does at some point) I automatically take it that Ron is accusing Cedric of caring about his looks or not looking manly. With Harry it's just genuine handsomeness. He even notices that Sirius used to be handsome. Seriously, he seems to crush on Sirius immediately in the Pensieve. And I love that because Sirius is acting so much like Draco there, only suddenly his bored affectation is attractive.;-)
Aw, Cedric's so sweet. And he talks about Harry. OTP! Er.
I love the way Amos is set up so clearly--reading it now I know how devestated this guy is going to be when he loses Cedric. I think he knows Cedric is a better man than he is even now, and Cedric seems sweet to Harry and to his father at the same time.
I had completely forgotten about Moody making Harry from another school, but it seems like JKR probably really did want a specific kind of martyr. He should be from Hogwarts, should be fair, should help Harry and all that. "Remember Viktor Krum" wouldn't mean the same thing--plus she can introduce him in an earlier book. Plus, he's British, which I think does bring something to this world that Viktor doesn't.
Oh, and thank you for the birthday wishes!