Ginny SHIP: was JKR Interview (what she said and what she didn't say)

[marinafrants <rusalka@ix.netcom.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 52164

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "anavenc <asilaite at h...>" 
<asilaite at h...> wrote:
> I am not particularly interested in shipping myself, but I do 
think 
> that Ginny is a likelier future romantic interest for Harry than 
any 
> random female in the books.  Ginny is introduced early in the 
books, 
> and she is given a detailed background. Undeveloped character, but 
> certainly a very much established presence in the series.  I feel 
> that according to a certain narrative tradition it makes her a 
better 
> candidate for shipping with the hero than female characters like 
Cho 
> Chang or Millicent :), of whom we still know next to nothing.  
> 

But just because we don't know much about Millicent yet, doesn't 
mean she can't be developed in later books!  There's plenty of 
time.  She's already had more screentime than Arabella Figg and Mrs. 
LeStrange, and we expect *them* to be important, don't we?

Millicent is the only available Slytherin girl in Harry's year, 
since Pansy seems to be attached to Draco.  So if Harry was to fall 
for a Slytherin (which would be angsty and conflict-ridden and maybe 
even bangy, with a nicely classical Romeo-and-Juliet vibe), it would 
have to be her.  And it would be a perfect chance for JKR to give us 
a more layered portrayal of Slytherin House, presenting us with a 
non-evil member.  Especially since there were no Bulstrodes in that 
graveyard in GoF, so it seems Millicent does not come from DE stock, 
and therefore has a higher potential for goodness.  It's meant to 
be, I tell you!

Marina
Who's thrilled to welcome Amy and Elkins aboard her Harry/Millicent 
ship, and will happily take a nice, thick stack of Elkins' Redeemed!
Crabbe flyers.
rusalka at ix.netcom.com