Is Ginny's Sudden Personality Change Believeable?

[acciosirius]

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Buttercup wrote:
> I'm wondering if Ginny's 180 degree personality change
> is plausible. She goes from being pretty much
> unnoticeable to being almost a female version of
> Harry. 
> 
> I do have one problem with her though. She switches
> boyfriends a little too quickly for a girl of only
> fourteen years. One second it's Michael Corner, then 
> Dean Thomas.

Now me (acciosirius Jen):

I had questions about that at first, too. But then, I remembered 
that this is from Harry's point of view and he even says when 
they're in Hogsmeade something about how she never used to talk in 
front of him. I just think that she's simply now on Harry's radar as 
a friend, and not just Ron's little sister. And now that she's over 
her little girl crush, she's really coming into her own around Harry.

Also, I don't think that she switches boyfriends too quickly, if, in 
fact, she's now actually dating Dean. Personally, when I read it, I 
felt that she just said Dean's name to get a rise out of Ron. I 
don't necessarily think that she's actually dating him. I would 
think that Ron and Dean are close enough that Dean would say 
something to Ron about it.

Just my two knuts... acciosirius Jen