Does OotP destroy the H/G shipp

[alexrockwell]

No: HPFGUIDX 68415

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "blu_hermione"
<blu_hermione at y...> wrote:
> Rereading OotP I found myself going back over Sirius and Harry's 
> conversation about the marriages between pureblood familys. Sirius 
> was practically related to almost every pureblood family in england 
> and Harry being the son of a pureblood there could be a close blood 
> relationship between him and the Weasley family. If they were second 
> cousins or such the prospect of Harry having a romantic relationship 
> with Ginny. Incest relationships do not seem like something that JKR 
> would be in favor of therefore it might hurt the ship. Also Ginny's 
> lack of romantic feelings toward Harry in this book, to the chargin 
> of Ron, have put a damper on that ship. I think it might have sunk. 
> Does anyone else have any other ideas
> Blu_hermione

Actually, I think that OotP improves the chances of the Harry/Ginny
ship.  First of all, it kills off the Harry/Cho possibility (they are
clearly not right for each other, IMO), and secondly, it moves Ginny
past the stage of having a crush on Harry, but not really knowing him
well.  The two start to work together and form a friendship, and the
character of Ginny grows a whole lot.  It sets up the possibility of a
future relationship between the two (book 7 probably).

Other than that, I think the most likely outcomes for Harry are:

1) No one
2) He dies (sacrificially, in some way that defeats Voldemort for
good)
3) Someone who is not yet a character in the story.


While I think that Harry is probably related to the Weasly's in some
way, I doubt it is close enough that a Harry/Ginny relationship would
be considered incest.  After all, a lot of the pureblood marriages are
probably fairly close to each other genetically as well...