Ginny, Riddle's Diary and Cracking

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No: HPFGUIDX 35066

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "elfundeb" <djdwjt at a...> wrote:
> Ginny after recovering Riddle's diary from Harry, opens it up 
> again, leading to 2 more Petrefications and her own near-death.  
> How could anyone be so dumb?  

She is only 11, having her soul attacked by a dark magic artifact of 
great power. Personally I feel she must have exercised some control 
as no one was killed.

> Harry, when he had the diary spent a lot of time flipping through 
> the pages trying to figure it out.  Is it possible that Riddle's 
> presence in the diary is so powerful that it lured Harry into these 
> actions?  

Absolutely. LV's magic was strong enough to preserve an earlier self 
of LV and escape all of Dumbledore's magical wards. It was a 
contingency plan if he did die. Did he plan all that from age 16?

> Now, would Ginny crack?  If Ginny was already caught by Riddle's 
> diary -- not once but twice -- doesn't this make her a prime 
> candidate for cracking?  After all, she's already cracked twice.  
> But maybe we're missing one point.  If Riddle's diary exerts such 
> control over the possessor, how was Ginny able to throw it away?  
> Doesn't this demonstrate that she had developed some ability to 
> resist?  Now that she's older, more experienced and more wary, I 
> think it might be much harder to make her crack a third time.

This echoes an earlier post of mine where I asserted that Ginny 
was 'marked' by LV much like Harry was with his scar. She has faced 
her worst fear (WITHOUT the support of 2 great friends) and is a much 
stronger character for it.

She's probably matured more than Harry, who resented Cedric because 
of Cho and almost missed a VITAL clue in GofF. Meanwhile Ginny went 
from the giggling child with her elbow in the butter to the girl who 
politely refused his invite to the Yule Ball. "I can't...I'm going 
with... with Neville. He asked me when Hermione said no. I thought 
I'm not going to be able to go otherwise. I'm not in 4th year."

Ginny does not cry or yell, although she's described as 'going 
scarlet' and 'looking miserable'. She's gentle with Harry's feelings, 
something her year older brother was completely oblivious to in his 
treatment of Hermione. Ginny allowed herself to have genuine fun at 
the Yule Ball. Something Ron and Harry couldn't do, pouting and 
pining for Hermione & Cho.

As girls of their teens are much more mature than boys of the same 
age I think Ginny would be a much better match than Cho Chang. Cho is 
a full year older than Harry and I suspect she was in real love with 
Cedric and might not like Harry to be around as a constant reminder 
of Cedric.

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