Ginny's crush

[catherine at cator-manor.demon.co.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 20622

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Steve Vander Ark" <vderark at b...> wrote:
> --- 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.


I've been resisting this (for all of 10 minutes) because I don't want 
to start myself off on a rant again about how much I love Ginny, 
but...

I agree!  I have stressed before the fact that Ginny seems remarkably 
mature - not just in behaving in a considerate way over the Ball, but 
keeping Hermione's secret, comforting, almost mothering Ron when he 
has embarrassed himself in front of Fleur.  What initially made me 
think there was more to her than some people on this list allow, 
though, was when she stood up for Harry in Flourish and Blotts, when 
Malfoy is ridiculing him about Lockhart.  She wasn't afraid to speak 
in front of Harry when she was defending him.  I thought this was 
very sweet, and very brave.

I also want to differentiate between the Creevey brothers and Ginny, 
as they do get lumped together in the "hero worship of Harry" 
category.  Harry treats them very differently.  He always tries to 
brush off the brothers.  In every instance when we see interaction 
between him and Ginny, he is kind to her.  For example, pretending 
not to notice how clumsy she is around him, when he first visits the 
Burrow.  Now, he could be being nicer to her because she is Ron's 
sister  - but I think that he does like her, and treats her as a 
person instead of a hanger on, sycophant such as the Creeveys.  That 
sounds harsh on the Creeveys - I do like them, but can quite 
understand why Harry finds them annoying.

OK, I managed to keep that quite short!  I am not a G/H shipper - I 
don't really care who they end up with, but I do like Ginny and will 
always want to defend her!

Catherine