R/H, H/G, OBHWF, M-O-U-S-E

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No: HPFGUIDX 11398

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Kelley" <SKTHOMPSON_1 at m...> wrote:
Pairing Harry with Ginny was never a 'consolation prize' to my 
mind.   > If I'm remembering correctly, I saw an H/G pairing 
consciously before  > I saw R/H.  Saw it in CoS, once Ginny got to 
HW, and was given  > *something* to do.  I have no idea what JKR is 
planning; this is just   my hunch (for no air-tight reasons at all).  
Yes, Ginny is not  developed yet.  There are three books to go, 
though, guys.  Moody  wasn't well-developed before GoF in which he 
figured very strongly.    Granted that was a long book, JKR had 
plenty of space in which to   develop him.  I still contend that all 
it will take to make Ginny a  well-developed character is one book.  
She's had more 'page-time'  than Cho, yet we all saw her as a 
romantic interest for Harry, albeit  just a crush in which he didn't 
know anything about her."  


*blinks* I'm confused. Moody wasn't well-developed before GoF because 
he was never mentioned before GoF, IIRC. Am I wrong? There's a 
difference between a character who is present and undeveloped and a 
character who just doesn't exist at all.

I don't see pairing Harry with Ginny as a consolation prize either. I 
simply hope that if Ginny is to wind up as the romantic interest of 
our hero, JKR will develop her further, give her a personality and 
some interesting things to do. I'm not saying JKR doesn't have plenty 
of time to do this, nor am I saying she won't. I'd think most H/H 
shippers would agree with me. If Ginny is to be with Harry, she needs 
more character development. That's all. 

I see no H/G in the books (i.e., indications that Harry has feeling 
for Ginny -- if anything he pretty consciously shuts her out of the 
Trio); as for G/H, although it is blindingly obvious that Ginny likes 
Harry, I'm not sure what significance to gift that with. After all, 
Harry likes Cho and I'm fairly sure that that's not going to go 
anywhere. (*crosses fingers and prays.*)

Kelly wrote: "I also strongly contend that if anyone can make OBHWF 
happen without  sap, it's JKR.  Cliche, maybe; but perhaps this 
scenario will serve her purposes.  We don't know yet.  The characters 
seem ripe with cliched characteristics to me, so I wouldn't put any 
cliche past JKR. "

I wonder how happy she'd be to hear that you wouldn't put any cliche 
past her? <g> Yikes. I'm not sure I agree that the characters are 
ripe with cliched characteristics. There is a difference between 
cliches and archetypes, and it appears to me more that JKR enjoys 
toying with archetypes, postmodernly, than than she enjoys wallowing 
in cliches and platitudes. As for OBHWF, the whole argument is a bit 
silly since it all seems to center around "Ron marries Hermione, 
Harry marries Ginny." At the end of the series, Ginny will be all of 
sixteen. Nobody's marrying anyone. (I hope.)

Cassie

Cassie