See, I like your interpretation of Luna's actions here, and I want to take them, since they make me like Luna here; but my faith in JKR is pretty low, and what with her tendency to have all of her characters sharing her own/a similiar belief system; I'm not certain that Luna isn't simply underlining the double-standards in the text - Ginny must be seen as nice, even though she's a jerk; and perhaps even that Luna sees Zacharias as deserving it, since he was being 'rude' (Lee Jordan was frequently rude about other teams, but I doubt JKR would ever think to mention that.)
My faith in JKR is likely at the same level as yours; I can see where you'd take Luna's comments as mere arsekissing. But that point of view would make more sense to me if there were more scenes of Luna actively & obsequiously seeking Ginny's friendship. What Luna is basically saying is that Ginny beats up whoever disses her team, and why risk getting beat up? I'd agree that Luna is "underlining the double-standards in the text", but I feel she does this purposefully – she's stating the obvious.
...much as JKR must have Harry recieving every possible honour and leading every group; he's really not cut out for it. He has no interest in the rest of his team, and he makes decisions based on his personal desires rather than what's best for the group
JKR writes these Quidditch scenes rather awkwardly – almost as if to accentuate what a shite leader Harry is. He's too stuck in his own head, unable to grasp the perspectives and motivations of others. While there may possibly be some potion or spell making his head fuzzy in HPB, after six books I'm more inclined to think Harry is just painfully self-centered.
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Date: 2006-03-22 02:20 am (UTC)My faith in JKR is likely at the same level as yours; I can see where you'd take Luna's comments as mere arsekissing. But that point of view would make more sense to me if there were more scenes of Luna actively & obsequiously seeking Ginny's friendship. What Luna is basically saying is that Ginny beats up whoever disses her team, and why risk getting beat up? I'd agree that Luna is "underlining the double-standards in the text", but I feel she does this purposefully – she's stating the obvious.
...much as JKR must have Harry recieving every possible honour and leading every group; he's really not cut out for it. He has no interest in the rest of his team, and he makes decisions based on his personal desires rather than what's best for the group
JKR writes these Quidditch scenes rather awkwardly – almost as if to accentuate what a shite leader Harry is. He's too stuck in his own head, unable to grasp the perspectives and motivations of others. While there may possibly be some potion or spell making his head fuzzy in HPB, after six books I'm more inclined to think Harry is just painfully self-centered.