Feno3000 posted a comment on Thursday 8th September 2011 7:57pm for Postscript

Whow... what a story. At times kind of weird, at times kind of funny but always really close to the "book personas"... except for the final small "Harmony" twist. I mean, it's so typical... Harry just doing his "buddy" thing without recognizing that a girl(friend) would want to hear other things than just the plain and simple truth like a BOY would see it or like he could always talk about with his classmates... Ginny getting all excited, possessive and finally bitchy about the most innocent things that only in the mind of an already made and sealed "Mrs Potter" could be anything close to embarrassing, humiliating or endangering her precious relationship. And Ron putting everything including his feet into his mouth and never seeing anything wrong with it...
And then there were the words of doom and the inaudible "Dun Dun DUNNNN" sounded over britain when he finally started to doubt that she was in love with.... HIM but rather just his reputation or an imaginary enhightened vision of him he never would think himself as being close to. Maybe after that you went on a little bit too fast to bring the relationship to Hermione to another level but from the point of the letters it was as good as inevitable. Maybe - if i think about it - already as early as the second or third time she forced Harry to excuse to not have included her in the "Mission"....

Well written, well played and most of the time a sheer pleasure to read. Maybe the emotional level of distress and annoyance was even better played and described than in canon but that might be just an impression of the brevity of description here compared to some of the rather tedious and boring chapters of TDH...


Regarding your question... it would depend if she did manage in the meantime to find a retrospective viewpoint on her own actions and feelings. The book-Ginny almost certainly would not have been able to step back and let another person have harry, regardless if that would have made him (more) happy than herself. But then the Book Ginny did not get some of the more disturbing and clearly warning of these letters so there was no real reason for her to find another perspective. We don't really know how she reacted after Harry declared he was going with Hermione so we cannot truly know how much she changed during the experience, but there are at least some venues that let it seem possible that she could find it in herself to change into a person that WOULD accept Hermiones offer. Just for the Harry she never accepted or knew before they started writing these letters.

So i'd be tempted to say 85% furious and estranged and only 1/6 chance of coming around the bend and making up with her two former best friends...

Ossindie posted a comment on Wednesday 1st June 2011 3:32am for Postscript

To be honest, if I imagine myself in Ginny's situation, I don't think I could pull it off. So I believe that she would show up for the wedding, but it would be too hard on her to be the maid of honour, when what she really wants is to be the bride. It's difficult to come to terms with such a thing, especially considering that she's been expecting to be in Hermione's place her whole life.

That aside, I loved this story, or rather, snippet of a story. I would have liked to see her replies to both Harry and Hermione, but we can't always get what we want, can we? All in all, I quite liked this.

Zamia posted a comment on Sunday 22nd May 2011 4:33am for Postscript

Excellent yarn. As you said, Harry & Hermiones' ability to nonverbally communicate with each other is why Hermione kept in touch with Ginny. Ginny would probably lose touch with them and go chasing any available bloke at Hogwarts. Cheers.
Z

Patches posted a comment on Wednesday 18th May 2011 1:34am for Postscript

I'm glad that Hermione reached out to Ginny. It is unlikely that Ginny could bring herself to stand up for Hermione at her wedding while she wished to take her place by the groom. Stranger thing have happened but I kind of doubt she could pull this off. It would be great if she could though. Thanks for writing. I really enjoyed this little collection of letters. pms

Glacialis1 posted a comment on Monday 16th May 2011 11:14pm for Postscript

Estranged for sure

PhoenixAnkaa posted a comment on Monday 16th May 2011 6:41pm for Postscript

I have to say I have enjoyed your writing for a while now and find you to be an excellent addition to this site. I really enjoyed only reading Harry/Hermione's side of the letters and being left to infer Ginny's responses on my own. It made for a refreshing change to the typical story.

As to Ginny's response to the wedding invitation I would hope that she would accept the gesture in which it was made and agree to be Hermione's maid of honor. Unfortunately, as much as I do like Ginny as a character, if we kept her to just canon Ginny I don't know if she could look past the heartbreak and watch "her" Harry marry someone else, especially Hermione.

PA

Riegert8 posted a comment on Monday 16th May 2011 5:36pm for Postscript

I would think from Canon that Ginny might forgive them in time, But going by your story it's be hard to tell what she would do. We never seen one thing she wrote Harry, we have go by his reply and to me that not good enough.

Wolfric posted a comment on Monday 16th May 2011 1:49pm for Postscript

Not exactly nineteen years later. Good chapter. Thanks for writing. W.

00_Knight posted a comment on Monday 16th May 2011 12:15pm for Postscript

Estranged, though that probably comes from more about reading H/Hr fics where Ginny is a total bitch. But probably true from a "Cannon Ginny" because she just seems like an underdeveloped "mini" Molly.

Either way an excellent read.

ThadiusZho posted a comment on Monday 16th May 2011 10:00am for Postscript

In my opinion, Ginny would say yes. I believe she can learn to cut her losses and move forward.

TZ