Ginny - Not

[Richard Shepard]

> > > Marianne:
> > > One thing about HBP movie that really irritated me was the shoelace scene between Harry and Ginny.  She tells Harry "Shoelace."  Then she bends down and ties it for him.
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> > Jen: I agree.  I suppose that scene was meant to substitute for Ginny picking a maggot out of Harry's hair, lol.  Domestic!Ginny, tying Harry's shoes & feeding him pies.
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> Kemper now:
> That scene bothered me because of the implied eroticism of it.  Okay, 'eroticism' may be too strong a word.  There's some flirtation/sensuality with Ginny feeding Harry, and that's cool.  But the scene with the shoestring is awkward/icky/weird to watch.  The image of a girl, vulnerable in a bathrobe, going down to(on) Harry's string, looking up at Harry when she's done... it's just odd.  
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> Tying a someones shoe, in her case, seems a maternal thing to do as well and this only adds to the ick.  It's like the director wants Harry to have the Madonna and the whore, when all Harry wants is Ginny.
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> Not sure if that makes any sense.  I'm going to go ahead and blame it on the time.  It's late and I'm making some bolognese for a camping trip; I have no grill skills, but I can turn on a Coleman stove.
> 


Richard:

I understand exactly what you are saying about the overt sensuality of the shoelace scene.  I am not sure that I would say it was "icky" though.  I suspect the director knew it would come across as sexually suggestive to some members of the audience, but would be completely missed by the kids.  Honestly, I looked at it as Ginny doing something innocent and Harry probably having the same naughty thought all his fellow sixteen year old boys in the audience were having.  I believe there were a number of instances in the book where Harry sees Ginny doing normal stuff and drifts off into daydream land.

I addressed the "maternal" aspect of her behavior in a previous post, but I will restate the basic premise here.  I think Ginny was purposefully shown exhibiting a few caregiver/maternal actions toward Harry.  She does it in the book too, just not the exact same things.  Kids learn from their parents.  How does Molly express love?  A girlfriend that "takes care of her boyfriend" is not exactly a rare thing :)