Ginny and Neville Forever!

[lucky_kari]

No: HPFGUIDX 37638

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Laura Huntley" <huntleyl at m...> wrote:
>*And* all this Ginny and Neville debate has got me thinking.  
>Someone awhile ago mentioned that they thought that the ships in this 
>book would most likely turn out H/G and R/H, as these are the only 
pairs in which one person had shown any interest in the other 
(discounting Cho and Vicktor type situations which I don't believe are 
>going anywhere), and I was pretty much agreeing.  However, what about 
Ginny and Neville?  I mean, they do go to the Yule Ball together 
(although Neville crushes Ginny's toes rather unromantically).  
And..well...wouldn't it be so right if they sort of got together and, 
>through the other's help and support, began to outshine everyone 
else?
> 

Yes, a fellow Ginny/Neville shipper. How few there are of us, but how 
we will be envied when JKR actually makes it canon.

Seriously, I believe there's a great likelihood of that actually 
happening. Once upon a time, I was an H/G shipper, then I read GoF, 
and I knew that Neville and Ginny were right for each other, and had a 
hunch JKR knew it too. (I have fights now with my brother who says 
Harry has to marry Ginny, because Ginny looks like Lily, and wouldn't 
it be so cute for history to repeat here.) 

You see, why send them to the ball together at all? They're paired so 
prominently, and such attention is drawn to the moral courage they 
both show in the pairing. Ginny is Neville's second choice, and 
Neville is hers also, but they both go through a lot to get there and 
keep it that way. Neville does not let his first rejection get at him, 
and Ginny refuses to break faith with Neville after getting the 
longed-for invitation from Harry. 

> Hrm.  I don't know.  One of the complaints people have against H/G 
>is that Ginny will never be on equal footing with Harry (which may or 
>not be true), but with Neville this would not be the case.  And maybe 
together they could, you know...help eachother up onto better 
>"footing", so to speak. He could help her come out of her shell (as 
someone she isn't shy about), and she could help him with his 
>schoolwork and bolster his academic morale.*thinks the concept is 
quite cute, but is unsure of whether it's a likely occurrence*
> 

Of course, it's likely. It's going to happen. Ginny and Neville are 
far better linked than Ginny and Harry, anyway. They've both suffered 
badly, without getting back at those who have made them suffer. 
Unconscious Ginny - baby Neville anyone? They both are overlooked. 
Though it may be unfair, I do think Ginny's in too much of an 
idolizing relationship to Harry, and she should come back to earth 
with Neville. And Neville deserves to be happy. He deserves to be the 
permanent DADA teacher, marry Ginny, and live happily ever after, with 
a lot of red-haired kids. Just as long as it's not GEWGAW (Ginny's 
Early Wedding Grows Awfully Weird).

Eileen