Is Ginny's Sudden Personality Change Believeable?

[Donna]

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Buttercup's original message:
> > > >I'm wondering if Ginny's 180 degree personality change
> > > >is plausible. 

Margaret said:
> I just had to post that I am in total agreement with Sydney on this 
> one.  I personally am one of those people who never shuts up, and 
is 
> generally making (good hearted) jokes at her friend's expense (is 
it 
> any wonder my favorite characters are Fred and George?) but who 
> couldn't form a coherent sentence when around a boy I was 
interested 
> in in high school (still sneaks up on me occassionally).  My 
friends 
> actually found it an amusing indicator of who I currently had a 
crush 
> on at the time. Luckily I went through crushes like socks, so after 
> my affection switched to another guy, I went back to my real 
> personality.  A (former) crush remarked on this turn-around on more 
> than one occassion. (my friends were forbidden from revealing the 
> cause, though ;-)
> 
> So yes, Ginny's evolving into a more outgoing character was not 
only 
> realistic, I actually expected it to happen.



Ginny reminds me very much of Lily.  I cannot remember exactly where 
I read it, but Lily was supposed to be very good at Charms.  And it 
is either Fred or George who says that Ginny is also good at cursing.
She is after all, the one who frees everyone from Draco and his gang 
in Umbridge's office.

Her personality is also very much like Lily.  I wonder if anyone will 
make that connection and point this out to Harry.

Ron certainly wants Ginny to be with Harry.  Witness his reaction 
when Ginny says she isn't going with Michael anymore.  Ron gives 
Harry a very pointed look.

I think it would be the "happy ever after" ending.  After all, this 
is a children's book.  I know JKR has given hits that Harry won't 
survive into adulthood.  But she is notorious for giving Red 
Herrings!  It seems to me that having Harry become a real part of a 
large and loving wizarding family would be the perfect juxtaposition 
to Harry at the beginning of his history.  It gives the story a sort 
of balance.

Donna