Ginny's Oomph & New (!) Thoughts on H/H (SHIP)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 32837

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

>  I'm utterly  convinced that JKR must not have intended her to 
be 9/10 when she wrote PS/SS; no one could possibly think that 
Ginny's actions in the book are typical of girls that age. <<

 I have to disagree. I've raised two boys and observed my 6 
neices growing up, and I can tell you that a child can be clingy at 
age nine and announce at age twelve that they don't care to be 
hugged  anymore. Ginny does seem young for her age at the 
station, but then it could well be her first ever exposure to the 
Muggle world, which would be enough to throw any child into a 
bout of regressive behavior.

Penny:
>> Not only that, but as I mentioned in #21306, *where* is Ginny 
in the  aftermath of the 3rd Task?  If she was watching the Task 
with her family  & Hermione, did Molly scivvy her off to Gryffindor 
Tower?  <<

As I've mentioned before, it makes sense that  the students were  
mustered off to their Houses  as soon as Dumbledore knew 
something was wrong. That would be no later than when Snape 
felt the Dark Mark burn and before Harry returned. The 
evacuation, which Harry naturally knows nothing about, is in 
progress when he returns, which is why  people are running all 
over the place.  Molly would insist that all her children and 
Hermione go back to the dorms, because that's the safest place 
for them. So Ginny may not know that Harry's been hurt.
   After they reach the Tower Hermione and Ron sneak back out 
to find out what *has* happened to Harry and end up at the 
hospital wing where they find Molly and Bill. So the confrontation, 
if there was one, would be with Hermione and Ron, not Molly.  
Fred and George weren't at the Hospital Wing either, which 
supports my theory, I think.

Pippin