Inherent conflict in R/H - H/H - Teaching quality (Trelawney)

[lucky_kari]

No: HPFGUIDX 33032

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "babelfisherperson" 
> Bleh. With the possible exception of H/C (Cho's grief & Harry's 
guilt 
> over Cedric's death pretty well kill this one, I think), I can't see 
> ANY ship being more unlikely than H/G. Groupies do NOT end up dating 
> their celebrity idols, as a rule. Even celebrities who ENJOY being 
> famous tend not to care much for fangirls. Harry hates being famous, 
> so he's even less likely to hook up with somebody like Ginny.

Aren't you assuming that Ginny will always stay a fangirl? It was so 
in CoS, but I'm not sure it's really true anymore, and I'm sure it 
will not be true in any way by the end of the series, just as I'm sure 
that Neville will have got over his inferiority complex. She still is 
subsceptible to Harry, but is there any indication she's acting like 
the insufferably immature 11 year old she once was. She's growing up, 
for heaven's sakes, just like Harry, Ron, and Hermione are. Ron and 
Harry never noticed the opposite sex until they were 14. Ginny at 11 
was obsessed with Harry, but not in a serious fashion. She idolized 
Harry as 11 year old girls do, not as immature young women do. She is, 
therefore, not comparable to a groupie. 

Part of her 11 year old act was to make obvious, while keeping secret, 
her crush on Harry. Obnoxious behaviour like peeking out behind walls 
at him? Have we seen anything like that recently? In GoF, she has a 
nice scene, which really shows her maturing, where she refuses to 
betray Hermione's trust, keeps faith with Neville despite her 
inclinations, and comes off as a very ladylike figure, a contrast to 
her brother Ron, who is being extremely rude, pestering Hermione, and 
badmouthing Neville. She can have ordinary conversations with Harry 
now. She doesn't seek him out, as far as we can see. 

Ginny's 11 year old crush on Harry was typical, but it didn't have the 
same sort of emotional content as Viktor's crush on Hermione (ugghh). 
Now, that she is older, she still has feelings for Harry, but what she 
has is more like real adult love than before. It's the difference 
between enjoying the experience of feeling like you think being in 
love would feel, and actually being in love, even if shallowly and for 
a short time. 

But I want her for Neville. :-)

Eileen