A question about Ginny
Jan. 16th, 2020 07:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
malenkayacherepakha I'm finally feeling ready to start working properly on a fic that's been taking shape in my mind for a while now, but as I've begun to plan I've come across a question about Ginny's role in the fic, and I wanted to ask for some opinions. I tried and failed to put the rest below a cut as it deals with divorce and less than brilliant parenting, which I know won't be everyone's cup of tea, so please skip reading the rest if you want to avoid those topics!
For some background: the fic is going to have a focus on Harry and Ginny's divorce and the aftermath of it (it will most likely eventually be Drarry but it'll take a while). The split is mutual, and pushes Harry to reconsider a lot of his life (he's going to rebuild a house which I'm so excited to write about), and also does the same for Ginny. The kids are in their early twenties/late teens (no longer living at home anyway), unhappy about the family breaking apart but aware that it's for the best.
My dilemma is as follows: I want James to be angry with Ginny, and I want to make sure that her actions don't seem (too) out of character or like bashing. I envisage her kind of accidentally drifting away from her kids - she's excited to make a new life for herself now that she's out of a less than happy marriage, she throws herself into her career (potentially travelling while coaching?) and meets a new partner relatively quickly, and as a result is less present in her kids' lives (writing to them less, visiting less etc etc), which annoys James.
I love Ginny as a character, and I don't see her as a bad mother, but would the above seem too out of character? Looking for any and all opinions on this and the rest of the fic premise too if you have them.
For some background: the fic is going to have a focus on Harry and Ginny's divorce and the aftermath of it (it will most likely eventually be Drarry but it'll take a while). The split is mutual, and pushes Harry to reconsider a lot of his life (he's going to rebuild a house which I'm so excited to write about), and also does the same for Ginny. The kids are in their early twenties/late teens (no longer living at home anyway), unhappy about the family breaking apart but aware that it's for the best.
My dilemma is as follows: I want James to be angry with Ginny, and I want to make sure that her actions don't seem (too) out of character or like bashing. I envisage her kind of accidentally drifting away from her kids - she's excited to make a new life for herself now that she's out of a less than happy marriage, she throws herself into her career (potentially travelling while coaching?) and meets a new partner relatively quickly, and as a result is less present in her kids' lives (writing to them less, visiting less etc etc), which annoys James.
I love Ginny as a character, and I don't see her as a bad mother, but would the above seem too out of character? Looking for any and all opinions on this and the rest of the fic premise too if you have them.
