Ginny's crush

[bbennett at joymail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 20617

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Melanie Brackney <ilovbrian_99 at y...> wrote:

> We see this cooling effect especially with the Weasley family.  At 
first, they are obsessed with the fact that he is "the famous Harry 
Potter" and couldn't believe that Ron had made friends with him. >

I don't think I agree with the term "obsessed". Although the Weasleys 
were initially as shocked as anyone to see Harry at King's Cross, 
they all seemed to quickly accept him as Ron's friend and pretty much 
leave it at that (Ginny excluded, of course!). Percy, the twins - I 
don't recall that any of the Weasleys that Harry came into contact 
with during the beginning of the first term seemed to be obsessed 
with him - they seemed to me to treat him as their kid brother's 
friend.

<But now I think that they see Harry as there brother(maybe not Ginny 
though, cuz I'm still a Ginny/Ron shipper).  It is hard to say if 
Ginny is over her hero worship of Harry, cuz she really hasn't been 
very developed at this point.  My guess is she is over that..and her 
admiration for Harry is merely a average crush.>

You're a Ginny/Harry shipper and not a Ginny/Ron shipper, right? <g> 
Although we don't really know much about Ginny by GoF, I don't think 
she's still hero worshipping Harry - as someone said, it may be hard 
to hero worship someone you've actually gotten to know, even just a 
little, and Ginny's spent some time around around Harry by GoF. But 
neither do I think it's merely an average crush; I think 4 years is a 
long time for a regular crush to go on (my 23 year long crush on 
Harrison Ford not withstanding). 

<She probably does admire him, but I know that there have been many 
guys that I have admired...so I don't think this is that unusual for 
a girl of her age.>

Again, I think it's more than just admiration - I think Ginny really 
does love Harry from afar, regardless of the fact that she hasn't 
spent that much time with him (this doesn't mean I see evidence of 
H/G in canon - this is just my interpretation of Ginny from the 
little we have of her in the books). Of course, at that age, I found 
horses far more interesting than boys, so my opinion may be 
questionable <g>.

Best,
B