[HPforGrownups] Re: SHIP Harry & Ginny?

[Horst or Rebecca J. Bohner]

No: HPFGUIDX 15374

> Always good to hear someone else likes H/G!

I'm actually surprised that there aren't more people on this particular
ship.

I wouldn't really call myself a "shipper" of any kind, because I frankly
don't care who ends up with whom in Harry's circle of friends -- I trust
JKR's judgment on that point and I am quite sure she won't disappoint me by
pairing her beloved characters up with unworthy partners.

I *do* believe (not because I feel strongly about it being either a good or
a bad idea, but simply because it seems to be there in the text) that Ron
and Hermione are headed for a romantic relationship.  GoF seems to be
hinting at that pretty heavily, what with all the jealousy on Ron's part
when Hermione shows up with Krum at the ball, and an annoyed Hermione
practically inviting Ron to ask her out "next time".  Meanwhile, Hermione's
complete lack of embarrassment over Rita Skeeter's articles indicated quite
clearly to me that she has no idea of viewing Harry in a romantic sense, and
that she is equally confident of Harry having no romantic interest in her.
That could change, of course, but I doubt it.

Getting back to Harry and Ginny, though...

> Anyway, welcome aboard, and don't worry about the complete lack of
> evidence for our ship.  We live on hope here!

I don't think there's a complete lack of evidence.  We have lots of evidence
on Ginny's side of things -- nobody can doubt *her* feelings for Harry.
Presently, it's quite clear that Harry has no interest in Ginny:  but I see
a great deal of potential and some very good reasons for that to change.
Harry is so close to the Weasley family as a whole, and relates so well to
them on the whole, that there's already a bond there.  Ginny being a Weasley
certainly gives her an "in" as far as spending time with Harry and getting
to know him that other girls (with the exception of Hermione) don't have.
It seems to me that Harry and Ginny actually have a very promising
foundation for a lifelong relationship, if Ginny can only get over her infat
uation and learn to see Harry as he really is, and of course if Harry can
get beyond outward appearance (not to say that I think Ginny is necessarily
unattractive, but that she isn't Harry's "type") and start looking at
personality.  Oh, and of course we don't really know much about Ginny's true
personality, so we'll need to see some of that too...

In any case, I think H/G makes more sense and has more of a solid basis than
any other romantic pairing for Harry, with the possible exception of H/H
(but as I've said above, I really think JKR has already dismissed that one
in GoF, courtesy of Rita Skeeter).  Although I wouldn't be surprised if we
end up with an Other relationship for Harry, or even none at all.
--
Rebecca J. Bohner
rebeccaj at pobox.com
http://home.golden.net/~rebeccaj