Re: Shipping — We don't have a clue!

[Erica]

No: HPFGUIDX 97204

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman" 
<susiequsie23 at s...> wrote:
> Robert Jones wrote:
> > It also may be that no one will want to be Harry's boyfriend.  It 
> > would be tough.  
> 
> 
> I think this is one of the reasons some of us *can* picture a H/G 
> SHIP.  Ginny, having been possessed by Voldy, is closer to being 
able 
> to understand & truly empathize with Harry's fears, concerns, and 
> anguish than any other.  There's a step that would be easier to 
take 
> in terms of sharing one's story with another and trusting that the 
> other can understand & appreciate its significance.  I see it as a 
> bond that will draw them closer--whether as friends or as more, who 
> knows?  But I do think it has created a bond between them.
> 
>

But, this connection is not borne out in OotP.  Ginny having been 
possessed by Diary!Tom doesn't seem to help Harry any.  Her 
experience with TR isn't at all like Harry's eventual possession by 
Voldie.  She's not able to warn Harry of being used by Voldie because 
of some inner knowledge of TR's mind (however, Hermione does). For 
all of their 'shared experience/overcoming possession', JKR chooses 
Hermione, to join the ranks of 'Those who are not afraid to say 
Voldemort'.  I don't think that the 'Voldie' connection is a strong 
argument for H/G.

Cheers,
Eria