SHIP: Harry/Ginny (Was: Ron's contribution)

[maria_kirilenko <maria_kirilenko@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 50078

Pippin wrote:
>>Ginny would already melt into a pile of goo if Harry looked at her.


I don't like H/H either, Pippin – we agree here <g>. But I don't 
think I like Harry with anyone. I remember that I got very mad the 
second I read the line "She was shorter than Harry by about a head, 
and Harry
couldn't help noticing, nervous as he was, that she was extremely 
pretty. She smiled at Harry as the teams faced each other behind 
their captains, and he felt a slight lurch in the region of his 
stomach that he didn't think had anything to do with nerves." 
(PoA, "GRYFFINDOR VERSUS RAVENCLAW") . 
I don't know why - it's *not* because I want Harry for myself <g>, or 
have a specific preference for whom he will end up with, but since 
then I've always disliked Cho Chang (do you think it might be because 
she's not from Gryffindor? I wonder...). I don't think I would mind 
Harry/Ginny, however, although I probably won't know exactly until 
something happens.

But Ginny *does not* melt into a pile of goo anytime Harry looks at 
her anymore. Yes, she was infatuated with him in CoS and the 
beginning of PoA, but in GoF she was definitely on equal footing with 
him, although it was obvious that she still liked him (when Harry 
asked her to the Yule Ball and she was already going with Neville). 
Ginny grew up and out of her little-girl crush.

Penny wrote:
>>Ginny would hero-worship Harry from appearances so far (it appears 
>>that her crush is based on "The Boy Who Lived," rather than Harry 
>>Potter, real boy).

Ginny's crush *was* based on "The Boy Who Lived" in the beginning, 
but after CoS Harry suddenly became "The Boy Who Risked His Own Life 
To Save Hers" rather than "The Boy Who Lived." This is *not* hero-
worshipping from appearances only, and Harry-who-risks-his-life *is* 
real boy. 


Ginny knows much more about Harry than he (and we, too) knows about 
her. We know she's a nice person (goes to ball with Neville although 
she has a chance to go with Harry) and that she has a sense of humour 
(is amused by Weasley's Wizard Wheezes), but that's all. Harry and 
Ron dismiss her because she's Ron's little sister (only 1 year or 
less younger than Ron, BTW), but I hope that something will happen so 
we, and with Harry, can find out more about her. 

Who knows, maybe he'll like what he finds out.

Regards,
Maria,

who doesn't think she is good at shipping debates, but can't refrain 
from sharing her thoughts.