Ship at the light of OOTP spoiler

[Alon van Dam]

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a_fabrefr said:
> > I respectfully disagree. I wasn't keen on H/G before 
> > OoP, but now I am.  I think that Ginny getting over
> > her immature crush is a positive sign.   A
> > relationship with shy, hero-worshiping, crush-mode
> > Ginny would have been pathetic and disastrous.  But
> > now that she's over the crush, and feels she can act
> > herself around Harry, the possibility of a future
> > relationship between equals is possible.  She's
> > growing into a strong young lady and a powerful witch,
> > and I think she's exactly what Harry needs after all
> > this Lord Thingy business is laid to rest.

Then  Julia Taylor added:
> Or even during the Lord Thingy business.  
> 
> I saw several instances in the book where Ginny very shrewdly was 
> able to figure out what Harry was feeling, and then to offer good 
> advice.  She was very supportive of him throughout, but she was 
also 
> able to stand up to Harry and call him out when he was being 
petty 
> and churlish - and he listened to her.  Remember when she angrily 
> said he should have talked to her about what it was like to be 
> possessed by the Dark Lord?
> 
> After this book, I think Ginny would be an excellent match for 
> Harry.  Too, her attractiveness to him will only be enhanced by 
the 
> fact that she is no longer a clingy crush-girl, but instead 
> independent and popular in her own right.
 
I'd like to add my voice of support to the two posters before me. I 
am a very firm R/H-shipper (though OOP didn't really add anything 
whatsoever to that idea, and you'd think that spending yet another
summer in each other's company would have made a difference?) and 
think the H/H-line makes little sense. (maybe only in the 
Luke/Han/Leia triangle of Star Wars. Where Harry is Luke and Ron is 
Han, of course) I was never /that/ keen about H/G, but now I am. 
Ginny is a responsible girl, a powerful witch, a strong personality, 
a good friend, etc. And, best of all, she lost her crush on Harry: 
Something which should make her so much more attractive to him. ("Why 
doesn't she like me anymore?" "Hey, she's supposed to have a crush on 
me, not date Dean Thomas!", etc. are very likely irrational thoughts 
in the domain of luv). I think that H/C is a finished deal. I'm glad 
they kissed, and I think Harry was a huge oaf in how he dealt with 
her, but I think we can safely say that those two aren't going to 
happen. H/L (Harry/Luna), I don't see happening. I'd like her to grow 
in importance, and like her character quite a lot, but just don't see 
her as fitting with Harry in, well, any way really. Ginny really 
seems like a girl who's Harry's type and I believe and hope that, if 
Harry will have a SHIP at all (which could be considered doubtful, 
but I remain hopeful) it will be with Ginny.
 
ONE BIG HAPPY WEASLEY FAMILY!!! :))))
 
Alon the Parenthecisor!
 
p.s. What do you guys think of the pet-theory of one of my best 
friends: That Draco likes Hermione? It's kinda like the Snape/Lily 
thing, I realise, but I think it holds water: Draco is quite obsessed 
with "Granger" (more so in the movies, but also quite clearly in the 
books) and, though I don't see him becoming good in Book-7 and 
Hermione falling in love with him in return (a la Lily&James), I can 
see him being smitten with her. What do you think?