[HPforGrownups] Re: OOP: Harry and Ginny?

[pennylin]

No: HPFGUIDX 66775

Hi --

I actually hadn't yet caught up on this thread, but for some reason, Jenny's message caught my eye.  :::winks at Jenny::::::

Jenny said, regarding H/G: <<<<<<You're right.  I can't deny that there is little evidence to support the idea that Harry will fall madly in love with Ginny.  I have to admit that the evidence for Harry/Hermione is a bit more compelling (looks meaningfully at Penny), but I am a H/G shipper for more personal reasons.  If Harry starts to see Ginny differently, it would be like all the unrequited crushes I had in high school were returned.  
I am rooting for Ginny because I remember what it was like to long for 
that cute boy in my school who was nice to me... and that was it.>>>>>>>

But, what if *both* Ginny and Hermione have unrequited crushes on Harry?  Does that change your analysis?  Besides Ginny currently doesn't seem to be pining away for Harry, though she might secretly still hold out some hope of "someday" in her heart somewhere.  But, it's not holding up her life.  Hermione, OTOH, only seems to have a penpal relationship with Krum and no other romantic ties.  <grins significantly>  I wonder why, when it's obvious to everyone that Ron has a crush on her?  Could it be that she's pining on the inside for *someone else*? Hmmmmmmmm........

<<<<<<<Aside from that, we all know JKR plants both red herrings and red 
flags everywhere in HP.  I can't help but hope that Ginny's crush on 
Harry in CoS is a red flag and will become significant later.  I also 
couldn't help but notice Ron's "furtive" look at Harry when they 
discussed who might be the right boy for Ginny.  Again, I can't 
necessarily prove that Ron was looking at Harry like that because he 
approves of Harry as an appropriate boyfriend for Ginny, but I'd like 
to think the idea has been planted in Harry's mind and he'll have time 
to think about Ginny over the summer - how she's changed, how she was 
there to help out at the MoM, how she's a good listener...>>>>>>>>>

Oh, I think Ron was definitely trying to matchmake there.  But, that could go either way in the minds of both Harry and Ginny.  Harry may not want his best friend messing around with his love-life (which could push him *further* away from Ginny), while Ginny too might not appreciate her big brother interfering in her choices.  But, you could be right: and it could end up being the spark that throws the two of them together romantically.  JKR set this up beautifully, because either H/H or H/G could easily enough happen with OoP as the foundation.

<<<<<<As much as I like Hermione, I value her as a friend for Harry and 
really really really really really really hope they remain nothing 
more than friends through the end of book 7.  Then again, I never had 
crushes on my male friends, so that is something I can't relate to and 
don't particularly like.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Oh!  Well, that explains a lot!  See, all my unrequited crushes from high school and college were *always* for my male friends (of which I had many).  I really wanted a romance where I was friends with the person first; friendship as the foundation (and, yeah, that's eventually what happened for me, though I had to wait for the *right* friend!).  So, that's where we're diverging, Jenny.  I see Harry and Hermione's developing and growing close emotional attachment as friends to be the perfect foundation for a romance later on.  Of course, you need to take a step back and look at Harry and Ginny in that light too, if you're going to continue to ship H/G.  This is no longer a situation where she admires him from afar as a crush; she's now his friend too (though nowhere near as close a friend as Hermione currently, IMHO).  Like you, I don't mind if Harry's romance with Ms. Right has to wait until after Book 7 though.  That's fine with me.  :--)

> Personally, I think Harry should end up with...well...ME! Oops! Did  
I say that out loud? Sorry.> 

<<<<<<Lol!  See, this is it!  This is why I want a Ginny/Harry thing.  The fantasy in my head of being a 15 year old witch who attends Hogwarts 
includes a big fat crush on Harry.  I want to live vicariously through 
Ginny!>>>>>>>>>>>>

And, I wouldn't mind living vicariously through Hermione!  <bg>

Penny


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