SHIP Why I Hate H/G Attn: Lilac

[Erica]

No: HPFGUIDX 54554

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "naamagatus" <naama_gat at h...> 
wrote:

> 
> Harry is viewed as a hero and treated as a celebrity by Fred, 
George 
> and Ron when they first meet. Are you suggesting that they still 
> treat him in the same way, four years later? And if not, why is it 
> impossible for Ginny, who is as familiar with Harry by now as Fred 
> and George are (they live in the same House and Harry spends much 
of 
> his vacation at her home), to move from hero worship to genuinely 
> liking him? 
> 
> 

Because there is an element of romantic infatuation with Ginny and 
not (I'm assuming) with Fred, George and Ron.  I'd guess that there 
is an element of 'what's so special about him'/competition with males 
who are Harry's peers.  F, G and R don't strike me as being as 'gob 
smacked' as Ginny (that's just IMHO)

How does one tell that Ginny's affection for Harry is no longer 
founded in 'heroic Harry' but in the 'dark haired shrimp wearing 
glasses'?  The absense of elbows in butter?  the decrease of blush 
frequency/intensity?  Did the third year girl who asked Harry to the 
Ball have buttery elbows and flushed cheeks? 

I own that (rightly or wrongly) part of the reason that I dislike H/G 
is that it smacks too much of the Cinderella complext.  "Where is my 
knight, in armour bright,To save me from this desperate plight?"  
Give me 'The Paper Bag Princess' over Cinderella anyday.

Erica