[HPforGrownups] Re: SHIP Harry & Ginny?

[Carole Estes]

No: HPFGUIDX 15421


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Ferer" <jferer at yahoo.com>

> Why would anyone like the idea of Harry and Ginny? Well, there's the
> One Big Happy Weasley Family idea, which a lot of our brothers and
> sisters here find too saccharine for words (Walton Mountain with
> spells). I don't agree with them. A family like the Weasleys would be
> a blessing to a Harry beaten up emotionally and likely physically by
> his experiences fighting the Death Eaters and Voldemort.

As Heidi and Cassie have said.  Harry doesn't need Ginny to be a part of the
Weasley family.  He already is and I agree with Heidi that if Harry were to
date Ginny it would certainly change a lot of the dynamics of his
relationship with the whole family...and not necessarily for the better.


> It all depends on what kind of woman you think is right for Harry.
> Hermione wants an intellectually and emotionally strong partner,
> somebody who will both stimulate and challenge her. She's maturing
> beautifully, and she'll improve, but she's been insensitive before
> with people's emotions (Parvati's rabbit, for instance). She'll work
> hard to keep Harry's head straight and in the world; she's not going
> to let him mope with his memories of death and terror. You could argue
> that's what Harry needs. I like Hermione a lot.

And this is the kind of woman I think is right for Harry.

>
> Ginny is Molly Weasley's daughter, and she comes from a close-knit
> loving family. She's not going to be a wimp -- Molly sure isn't -- and
> nobody's doormat, but she will love Harry with the kind of devotion
> and passion that the quiet girls develop. (Note to younger male
> members of this group: remember that.) She will always be there for
> him, a healing balm, a safe harbor; and Harry will be good for her
> because he won't take her for granted.

What exactly do you mean by "quiet girls"?  Not trying to sound offended
(I'm not) but extremely curious. To characterize "quiet girls" as being ones
that will "always be there for him, a healing balm, a safe harbor"  is a bit
of an overgeneralization, don't you think?  Quiet women are not always
passive and passive women are not always quiet.

Plus how do we know she is a "quiet girl"  as has been repeated many times,
we know so little about her.  She's quiet around Harry, but talks a lot
around her family.  She could be a party animal for all we know that will
take Harry's poor damaged heart and stomp it into the ground with her
stiletto.  I know...I know...not likely, but anything is possible.

carole