[HPforGrownups] anti-SHIP: Ginny griping

[Sandi Steinberg]

No: HPFGUIDX 35167

Laura wrote:

>She's SO...pre-teen-girly-esque
>

Jake wrote:

>Harry doesn't study with Ginny. He doesn't attend classes with her. He does 
> >with Hermione, and her intellect shines through the pages. To be honest, 
>he >rarely sees Ginny in canon. Yes, when she was 11 she squeaked a 
>bit...she did a bit of fairly girly crushing...she wrote horrible 
>'poetry'...but she >was *11*. By the end of book 4, she's 13, and while she 
>was still obviously interested in Harry, and disappointed that she'd missed 
>her chance to attend >the Yule Ball, she wasn't a giggling idiot.
>
>The whole point is that Ginny in Cof S II IS a pre-teen girl, and her 
>mixture of shyness, mad crushes, and over the top behavior regarding the 
>object of her crush, Harry, is very typical.  Girls that age don't know 
>what to do with their emotions and the fact that Harry isn't yet "into" 
>girls doesn't help her.

It's Hermione, the intensely academic bookworm who is atypical of girls of 
this age.  Ginny is much more feminine and is will ing to wear her heart on 
her sleeve and take the risk of rejection or ridicule; Hermione only does 
that when she tries to participate in Snape's class, not with boys.  
Socially, she's a bit of a late bloomer, I think.

I think Ginny will fill a certain "love" need in Harry's life that he will 
come to consciously realize later.  H will always be a good buddy and 
comrade in arms, tho' rating a bit below Ron in the latter category.

Sandi Steinberg
Arlington, VA

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