The Valentine and Ginny

[dfrankiswork at netscape.net]

No: HPFGUIDX 23860

Naama:
>" Sorry to be so dense, but why is it unlikely that Ginny had 
>sent the Valentine? Possibly I've missed things in previous posts but 
>on the face of it, it seems extremely likely to me (in fact, I'm sure 
>of it). 
>
>It is specifically said that she sent Harry a get well card she had 
>made herself (it sang  shrilly and Harry had to put it under something 
>to make it stop). My impression of her attitude to Harry is of a 
>fairly obvious crush (everybody knows of it, after all, so it must 
>> be obvious). It makes perfect sense that she would the person who 
>would send him a Valentine and compose the verse herself. It's 
>precisely what an eleven year old would do for her object of hero 
>worship."

Magda:
>Ginny sent the valentine.  She's an independent young woman who knows 
>what she wants and goes after it.  (However, since she's only 11, 
>it's not the perfect effort you'd get from someone ten years older 
>but she's trying.)

Jim:
>I can't imagine a reason to doubt Ginny sent the Valentine.  Who else? 
>Those who say different are probably trying to get Ginny out of the 
>way so Harry will be available for Hermione.

I have perhaps over-egged it with the unlikeliness of Ginny.  But I feel it is a bit out of character.  The problem is, as has been discussed before, that Ginny's character seems to vary through the books.  She does stick up for Harry in F&B's, and, much later, for Bill.  I agree about the independence, which is easily missed from the Harry POV.  But, as far as her own feelings for Harry are concerned, she seems very shy and unwilling to express herself.  Part of the diary's attraction for her is that she has no-one else to talk to.  She does want Harry to notice her but, apart possibly from this one incident, never tries to get him to. OTOH, part of the point of Valentine's day, as I understand it, is that it's legitimate to say things you wouldn't normally dare to.

She would feel able to send the singing get-well card as a friend without embarrassment.  It's a chance to express affection in a natural way.  The idea may have come from the Valentine.

I'm not sure that her crush is well-known.  Draco, with his sharp eye for vulnerability, spotted it in F&B's; the Weasleys and Hermione must know, but would never blab.  Harry, it would seem, prefers not to think about it.

Draco attributes the Valentine to her and she rushes out.  It's difficult to know what to make of this.  One assumes that the main thing in her mind is 'What has Tom told Harry? Please don't draw Harry's attention to me now.'  So it's hard to deduce anything about her authorship from that.

I like Ginny a lot and am looking forward to seeing more of her.  How does she find classes with Colin Creevey?  Does she have any girl friends in her own year?  When will she be let in on the truth about Lupin, Sirius, Snape, and Fudge?  How does Neville feel about her?  Did being taken over by Riddle leave any lasting effect?

Jim: them's fightin' words.  You know very well I want Ginny out of the way to make room for Myrtle, not Hermione.  I think a duel at midnight in the Transfiguration classroom, with Mrs Norris and the Bloody Baron as witnesses, is appropriate.

BTW, I notice that my original post has those horrid  in: would you believe it, I checked for this before posting, and Evil Overlord Bill Gates put them in anyway.

David, another very shy person


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