New thought(!) on H/H (SHIP)-old thought on H/G

[babelfisherperson]

No: HPFGUIDX 33062

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> wrote:
>   But I still hold for H/G as the ultimate resolution...that cameo
> at the beginning of SS/PS is otherwise inexplicable. She's not in
> the book to be the villain, like Quirrel, she's not there to give
> Harry something like Ollivander, she's not a member of the Old
> Crowd or a clue like Flamel. She's just the first eligible female
> Harry sees...

That has got to be, bar none, the weakest ship arguement I've ever 
heard. Setting aside the ridiculousness of the notion that Harry MUST 
end up falling in love with "the first eligible female" he sees, 
there are most certainly other, far less cliché, reasons for Ginny to 
be there. JKR probably already intended for Ginny to have an 
important (albeit mostly behind-the-scenes) role in the 2nd book, so 
it makes sense for her to be given at least a passing introduction in 
the 1st. And her presence shows that Ron has a younger sister. Those 
are reason enough for Ginny to be there. Remember, JKR already knew 
that Harry Potter would be a series when she was writing PS. So just 
because Ginny served no particular purpose in that book (neither, I 
must point out, do the various random Hogwarts students who are 
mentioned at the Sorting Ceremony but who Harry has no interaction 
whatsoever with) doesn't mean she was introduced specifically to be a 
future love interest for Harry.

Red XIV