Ginny-lovers, unite! (was Ginny & the platform scene)

[moongirlk]

No: HPFGUIDX 33101

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Russ & Wanda <farris5 at s...> wrote:
> I will join the Protect Ginny club. When I read the books, I 
thought she was a normal girl with a crush on an unattainable boy. 
And, I homeschool my kids, all girls. There is nothing wrong with 
that and I applaud Ms. Weasley if she homeschooled those rowdy twins! 
She is a heck of a woman.
> Wanda

This was in response to Jo, who said:

>   Why do so many people seem a bit hostile to Ginny. It doesn't 
seem to >   me that we've seen her do anything distasteful.  The only 
crying she >   seems to do is in COS, when she has been taken to the 
chamber to die.>   In contrast, Hermione has cried a fair bit, and 
has never been in any >   real personal danger except in POA (and not 
really very much even >   there), but nobody seems to think that this 
shows weakness on her >   part.
>   I think that Tabouli needs to come up with an acromim for the 
Ginny >   defenders.
> 
>   Jo


I suppose the moderator types would frown on me if I just 
said "Yay!", or even "Go Ginny-defenders, go!", so in my Ginny-loving 
enthusiasm, I'll add that even if Ginny's independence, strenght of 
character, etc. *are* still somewhat hypothetical, I think the 
hypothesis is still a well educated guess based on more current 
scenes in cannon, specifically the pre-yule ball scene.

the Ginny in GoF has clearly matured a reasonable amount, in my 
opinion.  The fact is, she had a shot at going th the Yule Ball with 
Harry.  She could have easily found a way to go with him.  In fact, 
she could even have done so without really hurting Neville's 
feelings.  We know already that she wasn't his first choice - she 
could easily have gone on the pretext that Harry, as a champion, had 
to have a partner for the opening dance, but she didn't.  Even 
knowing that she was his second choice, Ginny stuck by Neville *and* 
defended him in front of the very boy of whom she's supposedly 
nothing more than a groupie.  If she were still just some kid who 
hero-worshipped him because of his fame, I don't think she'd be doing 
that.  
And I'd say that there's reasonable evidence that she's in Hermione's 
confidence, whatever their level of friendship is.  We know that 
Hermione didn't confide in Lavendar or Parvati, who are her roomates, 
and her own age.  I am guessing that this is because of their 
personalities.  They are characterized as giggly and boy-crazy, and 
also credulous, in regards to Telawny.  I think Hermione chose 
someone who she considered to be more mature and sensible.  Of course 
I can't prove that Hermione confided in her rather than her eaves 
dropping or being told by someone else, but I find one much easier to 
infer than the other. both because there is no *reason* to make me 
think otherwise, and in large part because Ginny determines to keep 
the confidence. 

So there we are, my "me too" post got a little out of hand, I think, 
but it's a pet subject of mine.  As far as I'm concerned, JKR is 
heading towards a Ginny that is plenty worthy of my somewhat 
premature admiration, and of Harry's as well, if she's still 
interested.

kimberly, defender of Weasleys