I love Theories

[Tom Wall]

No: HPFGUIDX 55925

theValk wrote:
Another official JK statement gives us the strongest clue where 
young Ginny is headed. A few of the Hogwarts students will become 
animagii in future books. 

I reply:
Out of curiosity, where did you hear/read that? I'd be very 
interested to find out, since I'm of the opinion (I hope, I hope, I 
hope) that we're just about done with animagi, and that if they make 
too many more appearances, the quality of the story will suffer. 

And where in CoS does it suggest that Ginny has a special interest 
in Transfiguration? I can't find the passage where that's said.

Anyways, Ginny is a year younger than Harry - so do you think that 
that is even a workable situation? It means that she'll be an 
animag'a' (gender adjustment, anyone?) before/while she's a sixth 
year student?

AFAIK, we haven't heard anything about how a student might legally 
become a registered animagus. We don't know that it's even allowed 
for students to attempt the magic that causes the transformation, 
which is described as very dangerous and complicated. 

Are you suggesting that she'll do it illegally? I mean, it took the 
Marauders "the better part of three years to work it out," (PoA, US 
paperback, Ch.18, 354) and James and Sirius were, in Lupin's 
words, "the cleverest students in the school." (ibid). 

But we haven't been given any indication thus far that Ginny has any 
special talents or abilities. And if she's to become an animag'a' 
then she'll have to get hopping (or else she's already working on it 
now) because she'll be a fourth year in OOP. So, if she's to be an, 
um, 'functioning' animag'a' by the end of Book 7, then she's got a 
shorter timeline than Sirius/James to get it done.

Objectively speaking, Ginny isn't describable as the 'cleverest 
student in the school.' Actually, I don't even think we've been 
given any indication that she's clever at all or has any special 
aptitudes. Not to say that I don't like Ginny (and I do,) just that 
I don't see her as having the skill, know-how, or time to become an 
animag'a'.

-Tom