SHIP: Why I dislike H/G

[Fred Waldrop]

No: HPFGUIDX 54238

 "Calliope"  wrote:
 
<rant>
 I don't like the H/G ship, for this very reason (and why I often 
stay away fromR/Hr fics, because they are so often coupled with 
H/G).  I feel this like ofreasoning is demeaning to both Ginny and 
Harry on many levels, mainly:
1) It implies that there is nothing attractive about Ginny other than 
herfamily, and that Harry would *only* be with her for her family.  
That's exactly the same as saying if she were rich, he would be with 
her for her money.
2) It implies that Harry is so desperate for a family he would be 
with a girl only for her family, not for who she is and what is 
special about *her*. 
3) It implies that the Weasleys, in the long term, would not be as 
affectionate to Harry unless he's officially a "part of the family" - 
which is ridiculous, because they obviously love him tons now.  I 
think Harry could run off with Fleur or Cho or just about anyone 
short of Mrs. Lestrange and the Weasleys would still love him.
In addition, there has been *no* development of Ginny's character in 
four whole books.  Zip, zilch, zero.  Harry is going to need a girl 
with backbone, someone who can take care of herself and him too, not 
a damsel-in-distress type.  I'm not saying Ginny *can't* be that way, 
but we don't know anything about her one way or the other yet.  
Obviously that objection would disappear if JKR actually *does* 
something with Ginny besides have her fawn over Harry from afar in 
book
5. If she waits till after this book, IMO it's too late.
Just my two knuts.
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Hello all, Fred Waldrop here

Calliope, Apparently, I did not make myself understood very well. As 
for #1 of you statement, yes, the very last few words did mention 
that Ginny could offer Harry a large family. BUT, I did not mean this 
was the only thing Ginny could offer, just that it was ONE thing she 
has to offer, not everything. 
#2 of you statement, It might imply "that Harry is so desperate for a 
family he would be with a girl only for her family" to you, but 
not to me. Yes, if *anyone* marries someone who has a large family, 
that family sorta comes along. But that is not the only thing that 
anyone should consider.
#3 of your statement, once more, to me it does not imply that Harry 
has to "be a part of the family" to be accepted. Just that if H/G 
were together, he would see the Weasley's more than if he were with 
Cho or whom ever. 
#4 of your statement, (I am assuming)"there has been *no* development 
of Ginny's character". Well, Ginny wasn't really in #1(P/S), she was 
too young to go to school. And until now, there was no real need to 
build her character much . None of the people in that year has a 
*ship* going on, that I know of anyway. It seems that R/H are close 
to it, but not yet, as of GoF.
And #5 of your statement, why would it be too late for JKR to build a 
relationship between anyone later? Or for that matter, why does JKR 
have to build up Ginny before book 7? She seems to be able to build 
up a whole lot at the very end of a book, so why does she have to 
start something that will not be able to go anywhere before the end 
of the books?
Harry and *?* will not be able to have much of any kind of a 
relationship before the end, mainly because, he will be to busy 
fighting He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. 

Fred
(who still does not know who will fall in love with whom, but does 
know this, he will go crazy before book 6 comes out)