Emotions, GIANTCUSHION, Ron and sister

[Tabouli]

No: HPFGUIDX 33117

Stacy:
> I would have to agree with Penny here, and not because I think that a 
fourteen year old is not *capable* of experiencing adult love (or at 
least intense feelings that, if the relationship continues long 
enough, may evolve into mature love), but because Ginny's behavior 
does not seem to indicate that she feels anything of the kind toward Harry.<

I think emotions are often at their *most* intense at fourteen, when they are new and raw and before the person concerned has had enough life experience to develop emotional scar tissue, or coping strategies.  OK, not often long-lasting, but often very, *very* intense.

Jo:
> I think that Tabouli needs to come up with an acronym for the Ginny defenders.

Admittedly I subscribe a little to the "needs a more oomph and maturity to win Harry" arguments, but I agree that she's copping a lot more flack than she deserves.  She's a kind, loyal, discreet kid, and hey, she's 13.  13 year old girls *do* have unrequited crushes and *are* young... we can't all be strong and assertive and mature like Hermione.  I wouldn't write her off until she's had more time, experience and space away from Molly to show what she's made of.

G.I.A.N.T.C.U.S.H.I.O.N. (Ginny Isn't A Naive, Trivial Child Unworthy of Securing Harry's Interest: Object Now!)

I also think people are being a bit harsh about Pippin's comment that Harry and Ginny were destined to be together because she was the first eligible girl he saw.  My impression was that Pippin wasn't really positing this as a bona fide theory with canon evidence, more as a popular light-hearted literary device which JKR might have used (not impossible: JKR has a whimsical sense of humour).  Forcing Pippin into turning her light-hearted suggestion into a fortress of unassailable argument is a rather rough, IMO.

Ebony:
> And after canon, I see him pulling a Frodo and leaving the wizarding world--either 
voluntarily or through some sacrifice.<

Yup, that makes two of us.  Not that I think he'll specifically leave the wizarding world, but I certainly think a broken, tragic Harry paralleling Frodo at the end of LOTR is likely, if he survives (and I think he will).

Cindy:
> Primarily, though, I have to decline membership in any Ginny fan club 
because Ginny is very wooden and underdeveloped (...) Perhaps if (Ron) acted like he cared about his kid sister, 
then maybe I could, too.<

Underdeveloped, reasonably, but I think 'wooden' takes it too far... low-key, perhaps.  In the background, which is of course where the Trio puts her (e.g. Ron throwing her out unceremoniously when the Trio want to talk).  I think Ron's attitude to Ginny is very believable... he, after all, sees her as his annoying kid sister who never shuts up, and the last thing he wants is her childish presence with his friends.  This doesn't mean he doesn't care about her when the chips are down and the Chamber is about to swallow her... overwhelming sentimental concern on an everyday basis for his sister in front of Harry would probably come into the same category as crying (embarrassing emotional weakness).

Tabouli.


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