Ginny Weasley was Re: Book 5 predictions

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Penny & Bryce <pennylin at s...> wrote:


> 
> Can't resist -- how exactly is she "prepping" us for a H/G 
romance, 
> given that Ginny has had very very very little on-screen time & 
> development as a character?  Ginny isn't even mentioned after 
the Yule 
> Ball scene when we see her dancing with Neville as best I 
recall.  Nah 
> ... sorry but I fall into the camp that H/G is the ship with the least 
> likelihood of happening.


    Can't resist jumping on this, even though I'm on my way to 
Ireland  today and you all will have to do without my stellar 
commentary for about 12 days or so...
    IMO, the best bit of evidence for H/G is structural. Ginny is the 
first eligible girl that Harry sees. Just as displaying a gun in the 
first act requires a duel in the third, the first girl the hero sees at 
the beginning of his adventures will be the one for him...unless 
she turns out to be his sister or something, which seems 
unlikely in this case. 
   The lack of character development so far is part of the pattern. 
Ginny, IMO, is like the girl-next-door. Harry and the reader must 
be led to discount her, until some turn of events farther along in 
the story changes Harry's mind. 

Pippin