Name: Elyre reviewed
Why? on Aug 28, 2007 03:24 pm
your arguments are impressive. although... it was quite sad that our "ship" just sank after the last book. even if DG is out of canon, i still love this pair!
Name: felicitas reviewed
Why? on Mar 20, 2007 07:42 am
Speechless... Bravo? I think...
Name: ZSF reviewed
Why? on Mar 02, 2007 02:07 pm
I read this to my friend (H/G extradordinaire) and she emailed me saying, "Allright, so she and Harry would end up in couseling... but their babies won't look like Harry's parents!"
Congratulaitons.
Name: silentocean reviewed
Why? on Dec 04, 2006 12:07 pm
Of course it made sence! I'd never really thought about why I ship Draco/Ginny, except that they seem to have mutual respect for eachother, which is pretty rare in HP.
Nice essay. It's not realy fair though, you just did all of the things my [pain in the...somewhere] English teacher never lets me do. Like talk to the audiance, and be somewhat rude about it. I envy you.
Author's Response: Well, when you're writing you have to think about your audience. I would never turn in something like this in an academic setting, for the very reasons you state. Since I was talking in general terms within fandom, though, the familiarity of direct address was permissible.
Name: Midnight reviewed
Why? on Dec 14, 2005 05:06 am
Personally, I simply loathe the idea of Draco and Ginny. But, after reading your review, no matter how long and painful my eyes were getting, I've seen this shipping in a new light. I think I've grown to respect this coulping, and bear( meaning tolerate) anyone who's in love with this coupling. You gave a very detailed review, that made sense.Bravo!
Name: Annearchy reviewed
Why? on Oct 21, 2005 10:15 am
I'm a H/Hr shipper (yes, still, even after HBP :) And now, finally, I think D/G is a great combination, even if JKR never touches it in canon. I haven't read a lot of D/G in the past, but I'd much rather read D/G now than anything H/G (or R/Hr either) :D
Name: Anonymous reviewed
Why? on Sep 25, 2005 04:38 pm
Despite rather rude previous posts (the response to which was fabulous and very funny), I found your essay interesting. Very good work and highly enjoyable. Thank you!
Name: princessladybuggie reviewed
Why? on Jul 21, 2005 04:12 pm
very nice. your knowledge is a bit frightening (can someone say obsessive?) but your logical conclusions are excellent and your writing style engaging and hilarious at times. nobody else needs to write a d/g essay after reading yours!
Name: some guy reviewed
Why? on Jul 18, 2005 05:23 pm
I totally disagreed. I could go into all the points as to why you are so pathetically wrong but instead I decided to wait to book six to come out so I could get the definitive cannon proof.
Ginny loves Harry and Malco is a crybaby that can't even kill a helpless old man, let alone get a date. :P(though I have to admit his becoming a death eater and sneaking them all in to Hogwarts like he did was pretty impressive.)
Author's Response: *snerk* Is this a joke? An anonymous person who can't even spell Draco's name and offers no kind of reasoned argument. Oh noez!1! I am undone by your obvious superiority and now accept that I'm "pathetically wrong". *snicker*
P.S. A cannon in a large weapon. Canon is a body of work.
Name: Carly reviewed
Why? on Jun 25, 2005 05:38 pm
Hi. First off, I want say that your essay was very insightful with proof to back up your statements and it definitely had that feel of zealous defense. I know that I'm about a year late in commenting but I just ran into your essays and stories and have busied myself in those. I agree with all the points you made, but I think it's really important to remember that J.K Rowling wrote this story for children. To be completely honest, the writing is simple and there is very little room hidden meanings and innuendos. Of course there are the random red herrings that Rowling likes to place here and there but nothing terribly mind boggling. Little details such as extra exclamation marks don't seem to be a major plot twist by any means. I, personally, love D/G and couldn't dream of shipping anything else, but the chances of happening between them in canon are slim to nil, as you probably know. At any rate, I guess I'm in the mindset that the Harry Potter series is just a children's novel, nothing compared to the complexity of Lord of the Rings, for example. I think that's what gives this fandom the extra edge, the fact that Rowling hasn't developed anything; it gives writers the freedom and imagination to do whatever they want. I sincerely doubt that she sublty inserts little hints about who's going to date who and how it will end up anyway. Your essay was excellently written and I found myself realizing the truth to your points, but fanon will always be more real to me than the canon...if that made any sense.
Name: Betty Blue reviewed
Why? on Jun 14, 2005 02:13 am
I agree with pretty much all of this essay. The HP especially true, but unfortunatley it seems like there will be H/G within the next two HP's.
I loved the comment about Neville and Ginny steamrolling him, poor guy :(
There's a perfect quote in Ferris Bueler's day off about that type of relationship,
'She won't respect him, because you can't respect someone who kisses your ass, it just doesn't work.'
Bet :)
Name: Kelly reviewed
Why? on May 30, 2005 03:49 pm
Wow...that was a fantastic essay, you're such a great author! I've always been a H/G shipper (although I'm a much more vehement Ron/Hermione shipper), but after reading several of your fanfics and this essay I've decided that I'm now split between D/G and H/G...I definitely agree that Ginny is not the shy girl that she appeared to be at first...and Draco...who knows? I really do hope he turns away from his father and the dark side...meanwhile, I'll keep reading your fics, they're amazing!!! Keep writing, I can't wait to read more from you!!!
Name: PixieSkull reviewed
Why? on May 01, 2005 05:59 am
I've been interested in this topic myself, seeing the two of them to be very compatible in many ways. I've been seeing Draco grow in the books bit by bit, but I could never put my finger on the odd bit of information that made me believe he's not all bad. I see him lacking energy for being "Hitler youth" as you've said, but just being a spoiled brat.
I've always loved the name "Fire and Ice" for their 'ship, and I believe it fits insanely well. Draco is a very laid-back and witty guy with a temper if anyone doubts his words, and Ginny is VERY much the same. She can hold her own in a fight and can more than likely play Quidditch as well as Fred and George, but she is very calm and collected unless faced with someone that belittles her, like Ron has done before.
I can definately see Draco turning more and more apathetic to the Death Eaters and his father, growing tired of being in his father's and Voldemort's shadows and instead turning to someone like Professor Snape for advice as to what to do with his life besides follow a faker like Voldemort.. I'm very fascinated by this over musings about other characters (although I have a very interesting theory on Hermoine forming in my thoughts lately.)
This rant gave me my amunition for a fanfic I've been planning and semi-writing for the past week or so, adding to my base knowledge of "Draco-fact." Awesome job, m'lady :)
Name: novemberwind reviewed
Why? on Apr 27, 2005 02:38 pm
My goodness. You strongly support your opinion and I am starting to agree with you. I do think that's it's quite an unlikely pair- Ginny is a minor character in the book and so there isn't much about her. I applaud how you manage to extract her entire personality through little bits and pieces from Harry's point. Bravo :D
Name: Yevgeniya reviewed
Why? on Apr 10, 2005 05:39 am
Not decisive? Are you kidding? From now on, anyone who questions my choice to ship D/G will be pointed to this. You made a lot of very good points and all were really well-written and, in my opinion (though I'm not sure how reliable that is considering that D/G has been my OTP for the past two years) quite convincing. The only part that somewhat struck me as odd was this:
[quote]I doubt given what we've been told about Salazar that he'd have allowed the hat's enchantment to allow anyone of impure blood into his House.
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What about Tom riddle? Slytherin's heir or not, he was still a half-blood. Or perhaps you means that the fact that he had Slytherin blood in him canceled out the fact that he was a half-blood? Either way, it's a bit confusing.
-Yevgeniya
Name: Sammy reviewed
Why? on Feb 21, 2005 08:08 pm
Thanks so much for this.
I actually found it right after my sister accused me of liking D/G because I think Draco is teh sex, and I fancy myself something like Ginny. While that is entirely true, it is not the reason for me reading or writing D/G fics.
I know it sucks that I feel the need to prove myself to her, but thanks becuase this is really really helpful!!!!
Name: torndeception reviewed
Why? on Jan 17, 2005 08:05 am
"He was just barely becoming solid when Harry got down to the Chamber, and, not to be crude, certain elements have to be really darn solid for certain things to be done. Ahem. Um, anyway... " very good point, a strange point but a good one.
Name: Sorriane reviewed
Why? on Jan 08, 2005 08:34 am
Very good essay, made me change my mind about a lot of stuff in the actual books really, still am definitely D/G shipper, maybe more than ever, you can still preach for me(lol). The essy was also really funny, which made it really good to read besides the fact that what it says about D/G is great !!!!!
Name: Draco Luva reviewed
Why? on Jan 07, 2005 03:10 pm
Think essay makes so much sense and has changed my view entirely of the Harry Potter books, and it goes to show you that things are never black or white, but a beautiful shade of grey.
Name: Solana reviewed
Why? on Dec 11, 2004 02:23 pm
Right On! I hate Fics were they make Ginny completely and utterly helpless and all 'Harry, help me, save me!" when the books show (at least in my opinion) that she would rather get herself hurt then go begging to someone for help. (As shown in book two where she doesn't even TRY to go to Harry or Ron until she's in serious trouble even though she had been suspecting for a long time something was wrong.) And you are completely right in saying that in the end if Draco switches sides it would be because of pride. Malfoys bow to no one. Lovely essay, powerfully written.
Name: Jelly reviewed
Why? on Nov 16, 2004 12:57 pm
Ok yeah, very interesting. Some of these ideas have occured to me to but I haven't delved into them in any great depth. This essay helped to solidify my own reasons behind the pairing. I think I need to read all the books again though;) as originally I was mostly interested in the main story. Rereading would afford an opportunity to further understand minor characters such as Draco and Ginny. An enjoyable and insightful read.
Name: ser reviewed
Why? on Oct 17, 2004 09:07 am
This is such an incredibly well written essay. You've picked out great points and explained them and the things you mentioned really make sense. I'm already a Draco/Ginny fan so everyhting you've mentioned here really struck home.
I definitely agree that the way J.K.Rowling shows Draco isn't completely fair. Harry has a deep hat for him and for Draco to have his friendship rejected is a terrible thing to happen, especially for an 11 year ol. I know what it's like t be shunned and my heart went out to Draco when he was rejected.
and the way you showed Ginny and her friendship with the twins really made sense. I've always thougt of her and the twins to be slightly more slytherin than the other Weasley children.
Anyway well done on a brilliantly written esssay.
love ser
Name: Alex reviewed
Why? on Oct 13, 2004 12:04 pm
Wow, I'm already an avid D/G-er but this has cemented what I've been trying to say since well, since I started reading ff's. I think even if I wasn't one I'd be one now, simply becasue the logic is to strong to ignore. Again, wow, this is really well written.
Name: Sallie reviewed
Why? on Sep 23, 2004 11:35 am
I'm afraid I don't have anything profound to say, but I did want to compliment you on a well-written and thought-provoking essay. I didn't agree with all of it, especially the part about how Ginny would not be compatible with Harry -- D/G is a guilty pleasure for me, but H/G is my OTP (*ducks flying knives*) -- but I do appreciate different points of view, and you presented yours in an intelligent manner. Bravo!
Name: angela (prexuss) reviewed
Why? on Sep 11, 2004 09:20 am
i thought this essay had a lot of good points. i`m already a 'rabid d/g shipper' .. but this just intesified my loving for the shipp more. i hope i`m not disappointed when the last two books come out. @_@