Is Ginny's Sudden Personality Change Believeable?

[Donna]

No: HPFGUIDX 76424

> From personal experience, and this is just an option, Ginny quite 
possibly
> still feels for Harry, but has resigned herself to the fact that 
he's her
> brother best friend or that perhaps she's just waiting for him to 
turn
> around and see her there ... Sorry, I know this must sound silly. 
I've just
> been in the situation where there's an affection for someone close 
to you or
> your family like that and sometimes you have to just ... Try to 
forget it?
> That's the wrong way to explain it. Not forget about that person or 
the way
> you feel about them, but try to hold it back and not interfere with 
your
> friendship with them. Plus with the added pressures for Harry, 
being 'the
> one' and all, I'm sure Ginny wouldn't want to add to those worries,
> especially after things went so disastrously with Cho.
> 
> 
> Just a thought,
> Glory
> xx

I agree, Glory.  There is also this to consider.  Ginny is growing 
very mature.  Her actions in OotP prove this.  It is she who got the 
DA members out of Draco's clutches.  Her personality has gotten much 
stronger.  She has become more, for lack of a better 
expression, "Lily like".  Do you think that someone who knew Lily 
just might point that out to Harry?  That would certainly get him to 
thinking more about her.  

You will recall, Lily and James were not a couple at Harry's age.  We 
know from Remus, they didn't become a couple unitl their 7th year.  I 
see Ginny becoming more important in the last two books.  Ron, after 
all, does want to see Harry and his sister together.  At least that 
is what I gather from that last chapter in OotP.

I think that would be perfect.  I can see Ron and Hermione together.  
He is definately just as brave as Harry.  Witness his defense of 
Harry in PoA.  And Hermione just couldn't hold back when Ron finally 
noticed she was female in GoF.  Besides, she only mentions Viktor in 
Ron's presence.  She knows what his reaction will be.  Obviously she 
is doing it to get Ron jealous.  Also, she is helping Harry get 
together with Cho.  What girl would encourage a relationship with a 
rival?

To put Ginny and Harry together would be the "happily ever after" in 
this story.  Harry, who has lived for so long with a family who 
doesn't love him, should end up in a large and loving family.  This 
is basically a children's story and JKR, despite the fact that she 
loves giving us grown up children red herrings, is writing for them.

The children I have talked with, and they really do love talking 
about this story with an adult, have all expressed the same feelings 
that I have about this subject.

We are all entitled to our own opinions on the subject.  I cannot 
wait to see what JKR has in store for us!  Hope the next book comes 
out soon.

D