Ginny's crush

[Steve Vander Ark]

No: HPFGUIDX 20618

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., bbennett at j... wrote:

> 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).

Oh, I completely agree. I think that Ginny is as in love with the 
real (not legendary) Harry Potter as it is possible for her to be at 
her age. I see it particularly in her reaction when she realizes that 
if she hadn't said yes to Neville, she would have been able to go to 
the ball with Harry. Her reaction to that disappointment isn't that 
of a "silly schoolgirl," however. She doesn't pout or try to send a 
message to Harry that she would have loved to have gone. She doesn't 
do any of the flirty games things that girls her age do (and I see 
endlessly in school where I teach). In fact, her demeanor in that 
whole scene is remarkably mature. Is he the love of her life? That's 
impossible to say at this stage. But he is the love in her life right 
now. And after rescuing her from near death, he'll have to work 
pretty hard to shake that.

 Of course, at that age, I found 
> horses far more interesting than boys, so my opinion may be 
> questionable <g>.

At that age, I started learning to play guitar because girls love 
guitar music. It was all a ploy. And it worked more often than not :)

Steve Vander Ark
The Harry Potter Lexicon
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