Emotions, GIANTCUSHION, Ron and sister

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 33141

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Lucy Austin" <lucy at l...> wrote:
> >tabouli did her usual excllent job:
> 
> >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!)

Yes! Sign me up too. And thanks for defending me, Tabouli. I 
don't  seriously think that Ginny's appearance on the platform 
*proves* anything. I do believe JKR writes with an awareness of 
literary conventions, but whether she means to observe the 
convention or flout it is anyone's guess. 
> 
> But I'm still very nervous that she's going to be killed off - 
someone reassure me please?? I've heard there will be a death 
involving a fan of Harry, and one that will crucify JKR to write, and 
that Ginny will get more of a mention in OoP. I keep thinking 
Harry will notice her, but then she'll die, forcing him to 
re-examine death etc in the light of the death of his girlfriend. 
Help!!<<

    As was pointed out in the Trelawney thread, the great Shipper 
question, "Does s/he really like ...?" is one that most of us 
struggle with in RL at some point. Keeping the characters 
guessing about that is sure to engage our sympathies, so I 
expect there will be a lot more mixed signals from JKR between 
now and the end of book 7. Ginny is obviously a good source of 
those, which makes another extratextual argument for keeping 
Ginny alive.

   Are we sure that the death of Harry's fan and the death that will 
half-kill JKR are the same one? 

Pippin