The Romance (was HBP: the Good, the Not So Good, and the Ridiculous (Spoilers))

[Richard Shepard]

> Richard Shepard wrote:
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> > It has been a while since I read all the books so I forget some of the details, but I have never understood why so many people seem to be against the Harry/Ginny pairing.  
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> va32h:
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> I am not against the Harry/Ginny pairing, I just don't think Rowling wrote it very well - I don't think she wrote any of her romantic relationships very well.
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> Somewhere around book 5, Ginny just became Perfect Girl - beautiful, smart, athletic, sassy, etc.  As with most "perfect" characters, she's pretty two dimensional.  Harry's attraction to her, as described in book 6, seems to be all about her long bouncy hair and the fact that she doesn't cry all the time, like Cho did. 
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> Probably pretty typical for a teenage romance, but if I'm supposed to believe that Harry and Ginny are a Love for the Ages, I need a little more than that. 
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Richard:

I see what you are saying.  I guess I never thought of it as Harry suddenly liking her just because she was prettier and more popular.  In my opinion, Harry has always liked her.  First as Ron's little sister, then as a friend and teammate.  I always thought it was inevitable she would be a standout considering her personality and family (think Bill and Charlie not just Ron :)).  We get a slightly warped impression of her in the first couple of books because she is always different around Harry.  Her all of the sudden becoming "perfect girl" in book 5 was not that weird for me.  Being a fourth year means she is finally half way done with Hogwarts and is therefore an "upper classwoman".  It is hard to be popular when you are a newbie.  I think the crucial thing to remember about Ginny in books 5 and 6 is that she is changing less than Harry's image of her is changing.  Harry is being forced think about her as Ginny Weasley the smart, pretty, funny girl that is only one year younger than him, instead of Ron's little sister.  Mostly this is just Ginny being Ginny with more confidence then she had when she was younger.  But we also know that Hermione counselled her to stop fixating on Harry and spread her wings and let herself get noticed for being herself.  Considering Hermione is "the brightest witch of her age" it is not suprising it worked out even better than either of them would have expected :)
And don't forget Mrs. Weasley's obvious preference for the Harry/Ginny and Ron/Hermione pairings.  I don't think anyone is going to mess with that woman :)


> > Richard:
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> > I will willingly admit that I hope they go completely overboard to make the Ron/Hermione thing heat up in DH1&2 :)  
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> va32h:
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> Oh I agree.  I could not understand why DH began with Ron/Herimone *still* not together when HBP seemed to have settled the matter between them. 
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> The HBP film left things a little more nebulous between Ron & Hermione, but I do hope they get together at the beginning, not the end.  Watching them bicker for six movies is quite enough. 
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Richard: 

That is a good point.  They should have a good opportunity to solidify both relationships before the horcrux hunting begins if they take advantage of the Burrow scenes and the wedding.


Thanks,
Richard