forum Things You Want MORE Of In Books

Started January 21, 2019 by @evastardust groupRRAAAARRL

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Not as bad as Movie Ginnys though…..
Book! Ginny is my sister's favorite character and while my sister generally loves the movies, she hates how they portray Ginny.

I hate both Ginnys tbh

I love Book!Ginny, mainly because she fits into the type of character I like, and kinda shows that yeah, sometimes people change and you don't notice it. I have a friend whose little sister I used to be really annoyed by and hate spending time with, and now she's a pretty close friend of mine because as she matured, I got to know her better and realized we actually had more common interests than me and her older sister did.

I always thought she was kinda 'Mary Sue'. She has a tragic ordeal. Semi bad back story because her family was so big that she kinda got ignored. She's 'powerful'. She's super smart, athletic and pretty. Everyone wanted to date her. Blah blah blah.

Ginny is getting pounded.

I never got the Mary Sue critique, she just always seemed to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, seeking comfort in the wrong places after being ignored.
Wait a second.
Holy shit that's Samuel's backstory.
I'm having a crisis, hold on.

Oh that hurts.

Well just the backstory part. He's not powerful or athletic, but he is very smart, and I guess he's attractive in a way. And no one but Joan wants to date him and they don't really even officially get together because they both need to work out their own issues first.

That is great!

He's an awkward anxious disaster and I love him so much

But I have a point when it comes to Ginny. She's VERY Mary Sue. Especially compared to Luna or Hermione. Even Lily Potter has more character.

I feel like now is a good time to mention that when I reviewed a book that I kinda hated (The Elite by Kiera Cass) I said that one of the mc's love interests had less personality than a cardboard cutout of Movie!Ginny and that's probably the best analogy I've ever written.

Ginny's not my favorite (Tonks is) but I didn't see the Mary Sue stuff. Also I'm probably just getting Ginny mixed up with my LEGO Ginny, who is a give-no-fucks Mandalorian badass.

I'd like to point out that I'm not griping on Ginny because I despise that Harry ended up with her and their pseudo-incestuous babies–ahem–I'm griping about her because she sucks butt

I'm reading The Selection series right now.
I have made a huge mistake.

Death to Ginnys and Americas!

pseudo-incestuous babies

???

Death to Ginnys and Americas!

Her name is America Singer.
She's a white girl with red hear who loves the color blue.
She sings.
Much wow. Such creative.

Also I sighed and put my book down when I saw the name 'Officer Carter Woodwork' with my own two eyes.

pseudo-incestuous babies

???

I always saw Harry as a part of the Weasely fam, like another son. SO it was weird when he and Ginny got together because they're practically brother and sister.

I guess I get that.

Death to Ginnys and Americas!

Her name is America Singer.
She's a white girl with red hear who loves the color blue.
She sings.
Much wow. Such creative.

What.
I….I totally missed that when I read the book.

pseudo-incestuous babies

???

I always saw Harry as a part of the Weasely fam, like another son. SO it was weird when he and Ginny got together because they're practically brother and sister.

Yeah, it was weird. Not quite the level of weird that an actual adopted sibling and their adopted parents' kid would be, or stepsibling romance, but still weird.

Death to Ginnys and Americas!

Her name is America Singer.
She's a white girl with red hear who loves the color blue.
She sings.
Much wow. Such creative.

What.
I….I totally missed that when I read the book.

Yeah. And on the covers her dresses are blue, red, and white.

The moment I gave up all hope for the series was the caning scene. In what world is the monarch's response to what he considers treason to cane a guy in front of the whole country. First off, I couldn't take the scene seriously because he caned a guy's ass on live television. That was his solution to treason? No, that's a punishment from a 1800s British boarding school book, not a dystopia.
To be fair, my villain does order a mc to be flogged for what he claims is treason but he really just wants to humiliate him in front of the other rulers, who are immortal, and he does so knowing very well that the character might end up dying. Also most of the wounds are inflicted on his back, not his ass.

In all honesty, that series is completely juvenile and not anything about it is redeemable. The Prince Charming is a complete asshole nincompoop.

pseudo-incestuous babies

???

I always saw Harry as a part of the Weasely fam, like another son. SO it was weird when he and Ginny got together because they're practically brother and sister.

Yeah, it was weird. Not quite the level of weird that an actual adopted sibling and their adopted parents' kid would be, or stepsibling romance, but still weird.

Like a certain book series with certain sparkling vampires?

Today is a great day to piss off professors by giving characters abilities that don't correspond with their personalities!

Oh? Do tell more.

Ophelia is a sweet, innocent young woman. I'm making her gain fire powers, and is at first terrified by the destruction that she can cause, and then takes off to burn people like Oleander alive.
Vivian is strong, determined, and a solid fighter, and she gains the ability to see and talk to the dead. She's pissed about this because her sisters get elemental powers and all she gets is that.
Giana gets ice powers. That one was not subversive.