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

[grayhorse <grayhorsestudio@attbi.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 50142

Taryn wrote:
<Voldemort, in my opinion, ruined some part of his life that is 
unfixable in the long run. I don't think Harry ever will find real, 
requited love.>


This whole SHIP thing *can* be so interesting!! I really like 
the "Tale of Two Cities" theory (so EPIC!), but really, I subscribe 
to the HarryAlone theory. 

I would love for Harry to be happy, but I'm just not sure that's in 
the cards. I think he knows this himself. He has spent so much of his 
formative life acting a certain way DESPITE his emotions, that I'm 
not sure it'd be a good idea for him begin to act a certain way 
BECAUSE of his emotions.

Then there's the idea of Harry as a quasi-Messiah figure, and the 
idea of "purity" comes to mind. I have to think about this some more, 
but it's an idea. 

JKR tells us over and over that Harry is "unlike any other boy" so I 
think one can't assume that SHIP (being a normal part of boyhood) is 
a given for him. I think JKR needs to keep Harry "untouchable" in 
some ways - he will never, can never, be a normal boy. Just as his 
scar sets him apart physically from those around him, who he is sets 
him apart emotionally from those around him. If Harry knows anything, 
it's that life isn't fair, and this may be another place we see this.

Still thinking...

K