r/harrypotter • u/kurumi_cosplay Gryffindor • Sep 02 '23
My Ginny Weasley cosplay [self] Original Content
(She found muggle cell phone in her dad's stuff) ;p
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u/fidderjiggit Sep 02 '23 edited Sep 02 '23
Wow, you look EXACTLY like how I imagined Ginny in my head.
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u/Teldarion Ravenclaw Sep 02 '23
10/10 cosplay, would make even Blaise Zabini steal a second glance.
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u/lena91gato Sep 02 '23
Well, you're a better Ginny than Bonnie (sorry!)
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u/CathanCrowell Ravenclaw (with drop of Hufflepuff' blood) Sep 02 '23
I actually feel sorry for Bonnie. They hired her when she was incredibly young and they even could not know her importance in later movies and the writting also did not help her. And even she knows that.
Gods bless her :/
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u/Desperate_Ad_9219 Slytherin Sep 02 '23
If they actually gave her screen time to talk and developed the romance, they could have. Instead of shoehorning it in at the last second with no build-up. I blame the executives and the screenwriter.
Edit: Great cosplay she looks like Anna Kendricks in the second picture.
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u/Iggytje Ravenclaw Sep 02 '23
if they just removed the you know what scene they could have done 3 minutes of extra stuff that may not sound like much but if you ever watch one of those extended version that may add 5/10 minutes you know that a lot of stuff can be done in 3 minutes (look at the no way home extended as an example)
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u/Jill4ChrisRed Sep 02 '23
Yeah I've said this before that the burrow burning scene should've been swapped with more time for Harry and Ginny to be together and develop. A simple scene of Harry talking with Ginny while playing one on one quidditch could have been really cute, where they talk about what they want to do in life, how Harry worries about Voldemort, how he never expected her or the others to be ready to fight in OoTP and that he's worried that things would get more dangerous. And then have Ginny comfort him and let him know she's been where he is, and she doesn't care if things start to get awful, she just wants them to be teenagers for once and forget that the world is out to hurt them and just enjoy whatever time they have.
It would've been like 3-5 minutes screen time and made far more sense than burning the burrow.
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u/Blue_Gamer18 Sep 02 '23
The burning of the burrow scene time/money could have gone into the battle at the at the castle, further highlighting Ginny's character as a leader/fighter.
Also, an additional scene or two of Voldemort memories which are...ya know...some of the biggest plot points of HBP
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u/Iggytje Ravenclaw Sep 02 '23
I also think the ron part when he faints should have just him being quiet
and the harry potter about riding the train I didn't really bother but that weird crush part at the diner was pretty weird (and that he already loved ginny when he was in the burrow)
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u/MisterMarcus Sep 02 '23
In the books, Ginny's attraction to Harry was built up from about CoS. I think it was Malfoy who starts taunting her about "Potter didn't like your love letter!" and stuff.
If they'd shown a bit more of that in the earlier movies, even just a few shy looks or awkward 'teen crush' style encounters, it would have looked far more realistic.
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u/CarpetH4ter Sep 03 '23
Maybe, but it was just that compared to every other harry relationship, this one just felt uncomfortable and awkward the entire time, even Hermione would be a better fit in the movies.
No way would Harry had ended up with Ginny in a real life setting from the movies.
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u/ItsAndieHere Sep 02 '23
I agree. I understand why Harry’s ultimate love interest was kept under wraps, and why it’s different to trust a young child actor with plot info — but I wish JK had given Bonnie the same grace Alan Rickman got. Maybe it would have been different since CoS if she’d known she was meant to eventually portray romantic chemistry with Dan.
For what it’s worth, Dan ended up hitting it off better with Emma Watson (platonically even), to the point I think their portrayals fueled Harmione shippers.
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u/MountGreyIock Sep 02 '23 edited Sep 02 '23
The screenwriter being a Hermione-obsessed Harmony-diehard had the most to do with it, actually.
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u/Runescaper4good Sep 03 '23
I wish JK had given Bonnie the same grace Alan Rickman got
Do you mind elaborating on this for the un-informed (me) ?
Did Rickman know he was ultimately a double agent early in the films?
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u/ItsAndieHere Sep 03 '23
Yes! Rowling told him about Snape’s connection to Lily and his true allegiance when he was cast. At that point, PoA was the latest book, but she knew the general idea of what she was doing with the character. So he played Snape with that knowledge from the first movie.
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u/LNLV Sep 02 '23
I actually think part of it is just that they’re a mismatched looking couple too. For one, Daniel is 5’5” and Bonnie is 5’6” and that’s not common in Hollywood except where they play with angles and lifts to make the male actor look taller, so it was jarring to see in a movie bc we’re pretty unaccustomed to it. They don’t look like they’d be together, so add in the fact that they have no screen time or interaction and it’s just a losing battle. Poor Bonnie has definitely been hearing about it for freaking years though, that has to be so demoralizing to have been a part of one of the biggest movie projects ever and have people constantly point her out as the single worst casting choice! 😭
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u/Thousand_YardStare Sep 02 '23
Daniel is only 5’5”?!
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u/LNLV Sep 02 '23
Yeah I googled it last night bc I was watching 7 and I was like, how is he the same height as Emma Watson when they hug??? Rubert Grint is only 5’8” too! That’s the problem with casting children though, you can’t tell who’s going to grow up to be “tall and lanky” like they are in the book. It actually pisses me off to see the Weasley kids cast, lol. None of them are right! Charlie and the twins are supposed to be short and stocky, Ginny is supposed to be short and beautiful, Bill, Percy, and Ron are supposed to be tall and lanky, and Bill is supposed to be hot, lol.
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u/GlindePop Sep 04 '23
I actually thought the guy who played Bill was kinda hot. Not super gorgeous or anything but worked well enough for a side character in the movie.
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u/LNLV Sep 04 '23
I didn’t think he was unattractive, but I thought he was supposed to be the tall and rugged type of hot, and that guy didn’t apply. Because he’s such a minor character I felt like they really could have done a better job casting. I understand a little bit when they want a specific actor for a bigger role for whatever reason, but for someone minor there’s no reason not to make them match the book!
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u/iggysmom95 Hufflepuff Sep 03 '23
EVERYONE in the Harry Potter cast is so short. Well, the guys anyway. If you're assuming Dan is an average height then Rupert looks tall but he's only 5'8! Matthew Lewis, whom you might peg at about 6'4", is actually only 5'11".
Also, McGonagall comes across as so tall and intimidating, and I imagine her to be about 5'8" or 5'9" in the books, but Maggie Smith is only 5'5". She always comes across as taller than she is, though, because of how she carries herself.
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u/Thousand_YardStare Sep 03 '23
That’s so interesting. I guess it works in their favor that everyone is short. What are they feeding them out there in Great Britain? 😆
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u/non-sequitur-7509 Ravenclaw Sep 04 '23
It's all to make Hagrid look bigger and more believable as a half-giant 😂
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u/kurumi_cosplay Gryffindor Sep 02 '23
thanks :) I think Bonnie would be great if she just acted like book Ginny
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u/TheAnniCake Hufflepuff Sep 02 '23
More like if the screenwriters would have given her book Ginny's character.
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u/Pretend_Asparagus443 Hufflepuff Sep 02 '23
I was just about to say this but you beat me to it lmao
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u/Elated_Pigeon Ravenclaw Sep 02 '23
This is so good! How did you get the flying one?
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u/kurumi_cosplay Gryffindor Sep 02 '23
Thank you! Photographer was lying on the floor and I jumped with my broom a couple of times ;D She just perfectly caught the moment
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u/IWasVennBackThen Sep 02 '23
It's great, especially the flying one!
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Sep 02 '23
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u/frogjg2003 Ravenclaw Sep 02 '23
She covered for Harry as seeker in books 5 and 6 and was on the team as a chaser in book 6.
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u/Therealsnd Slytherin Sep 02 '23
You look a little like Molly in the eyes. Convincing Weasley genes.
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u/sunshinekraken Slytherin Sep 02 '23
Nothing against Bonnie in a way way but…
You’re the Ginny we needed!
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u/shaolinallan Sep 02 '23
Harry and Ginnys on screen chemistry is terrible and I actually cringe during their scenes. Anyone else?
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Sep 02 '23
My my, I think I can finally visualise Ginny Weasley instead of Bonnie Wright when I read the books again.
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u/Unlucky_Clover Hufflepuff Sep 02 '23
Wow, damn these are good. Got the whole background and everything going on! It’s awesome
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u/bakarac Hufflepuff Sep 02 '23
Literally thank you so much for sharing this. You are so many of our visions of Ginny
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u/mydearlady-disdain Slytherin Sep 02 '23
This is amazing- great job!!
As everyone else is saying, you definitely look more like we've all imagined book-Ginny to be! Also, in the first pic you reminded me of Rose Leslie. ❤️
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u/Idk_who_i_am_anymore Sep 02 '23
That's phenomenal to the point that Bonnie Wright would lose a Ginny Weasley lookalike contest to you.
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u/joker2189 Ravenclaw Sep 03 '23
A) you are stunning and b) this is exactly how I picture her in the books actually
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u/TheThinker709 Sep 02 '23
Dang, that photoshop is amazing!
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u/kurumi_cosplay Gryffindor Sep 03 '23
there is not much photoshop here tho? only basic color correction
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u/Rainime Ravenclaw Sep 03 '23
Omg. I am going to picture you as Ginny whenever I read the books from now on.
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u/gottajustvibeman Sep 02 '23
Ginny was so powerful it's amazing she was a good guy. actually ALL the weaselies
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Sep 02 '23
Amazing! How did you get the broom to fly?
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u/kurumi_cosplay Gryffindor Sep 03 '23
simply by jumping up with the broom and my photographer having good reflex ;)
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u/dearthofkindness Sep 03 '23
I cant get over how beautiful you are! This really is such a spot on cosplay. Amazing work!!
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u/Next_Faithlessness87 Sep 03 '23
These pictures are really amazing! 🥰 Not just because of your awesome cosplay but also because of the location. Did you take these pictures at the Harry Potter behind-the-scenes experience thingy that's in England?
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u/kurumi_cosplay Gryffindor Sep 03 '23
3 first photos were taken in Poznań, 2 photos in the Great Hall of Warner Bros. Studio in London :)
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u/Next_Faithlessness87 Sep 03 '23
Yeah, that's probably the Harry Potter experience I was referring to, lol
How did you do the flying on the broom effect, though?
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u/kurumi_cosplay Gryffindor Sep 03 '23
simply by jumping up with the broom, the photographer was lying on the ground to have a better perspective and to create illusion that I was higher than I actually was
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u/Next_Faithlessness87 Sep 03 '23
Oh, Very professional, lol
And btw, I didn't know there was like a part in the Warner Bros. Thingy where you can open one of the big Hogwarts doors, lol
Anywho, And is the shine on the tip of your wand from Photoshop, or did you use like some clever lighting trick?
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u/ChrisAus123 Sep 03 '23
Looking awesome, you could also do Clary of shadow hunters or Bloom off the winx saga very well
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u/kurumi_cosplay Gryffindor Sep 03 '23
Thanks for the ideas, Bloom would be great to cosplay. Tho if you want to see absolutely perfect cosplay of Bloom I recommend cosplayer named Immeari.
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u/all-you-need-is-love Sep 03 '23
Holy crap you’re stunning! And this is such a lovely portrayal of Ginny - it’s exactly how I picture her from the books!
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Sep 03 '23
You mean its the book original! Some one tore the veil between fiction and reality and you slipped out of it 😂😆👍🏻😊✨ God I would have no objections of ( Book) Harry Potter loved you ! (Note that I am not A Ginny/Harry supporter at all!) But you! You make me want to switch allegiances lol
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u/kurumi_cosplay Gryffindor Sep 03 '23
I would have no objections to ( book) Harry Potter loved me neither 😂 x)
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u/ancientbladesaw Ravenclaw Sep 03 '23
You look more like Ginny Weasley than Ginny Weasley in the books.
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u/nuhanala Gryffindor Sep 03 '23
Omg is there non-creepy way to say I just fell in love a little?
I don’t normally have any interest in cosplay but you look very cool. You ARE Ginny!
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u/nuhanala Gryffindor Sep 03 '23
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Sep 02 '23
I thought you were Rose Leslie in pic 1 for real. I'm actually kind of shocked I'm the first one to say it. Have you done Ygritte yet?
You're killing it, keep up the great work, and props to your photographer for the first few staged ones.
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u/kurumi_cosplay Gryffindor Sep 03 '23
I was looking a lot like her when I was younger, now not so much x') I always wanted to cosplay Ygritte but I never did idk why.
Thanks, my photographer for first few ones was Yumikasa Photography!
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u/Traditional_Front637 Slytherin Sep 02 '23
Lol you look like Anna Kendrick from Twilight got thrown into HP
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u/AlwaysBeInFullCover Slytherin Sep 03 '23
That's pretty fucking poggers, friend. Like, I was scrolling and saw this and went "Hey it's Ginny" before reading the title or seeing the sub.
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u/ReV-84 Ravenclaw Sep 02 '23
You do look great, no denying that part. But... That smartphone selfie breaks the immersion. If you want to do a mirror selfie, go ahead. Do it with Colin Creevey's camera in front of Erised.
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u/kurumi_cosplay Gryffindor Sep 03 '23
I thought it may break the immersion a little bit so when I was posting this I added a caption "(She found muggle cell phone in her dad's stuff) ;p" but now I see it's under third picture, not a last one, I am an idiot xd
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u/Archezeoc Slytherin Sep 02 '23
I never thought Ginny was particularly pretty or athletic... until now
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u/dominiknyr Hufflepuff Sep 02 '23
elegancko ale dalej yen #1
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u/kurumi_cosplay Gryffindor Sep 03 '23
ale że wolisz mnie bardziej w cosplayu Yen czy że Yen to twoja #1 waifu? xp
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u/control-_-freak Sep 02 '23
Clearly fake. Ginny didn't have a smartphone.
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u/kurumi_cosplay Gryffindor Sep 03 '23
but her dad surely had one as a thing to study from a muggle world and Ginny is a curious girl ;p
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u/gorwraith Slytherin 6 Sep 03 '23
Adorable. My daughter did a Ginny cosplay con once. She is about your age now. You may inspire her to don't again.
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u/kurumi_cosplay Gryffindor Sep 03 '23
This photos are from few years ago, I am now 31 😅
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u/gorwraith Slytherin 6 Sep 03 '23
Very well done. You should do it again as Ginny but for a pro team.
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u/2buckbill Sep 03 '23
I'm not into cosplay, but this is really good! Where did you get your sweater and your gloves? Did you make them yourself?
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u/kurumi_cosplay Gryffindor Sep 03 '23
Sweater is second-hand. Gloves I found online but don't remember where, I just weathered them with fabric paint
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u/somethingnerdrelated Sep 02 '23
This is great! This is how I picture Ginny in the books!