Re: Shipping — We don't have a clue!

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 97209

 Robert Jones wrote:
> > > It also may be that no one will want to be Harry's boyfriend.  
> > > It  would be tough.  

Siriusly Snapey Susan:
> > 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.

Erica:
> 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.

 
Siriusly Snapey Susan:
Ah, you see one thing, I see another; that's what makes it fun! ;-)  

I'm not really considering the Ginny *helping* Harry part of it so 
much as simply her ability to understand Harry's reactions & 
emotions, to empathize with him.  This is why I was arguing that 
being Harry's girlfriend wouldn't be as tough for Ginny as it might 
be for others [from Robert's original post]--IOW, that that big 
obstacle of "No one could understand me" for Harry would be gone or 
lessened w/ Ginny.  

Anyhoo...note that I said I think it *will* draw them closer, not 
that it already has.  This is my take--that it *will* become more 
important between them.  Heck, Harry had to stop seeing her as Ron's 
little sister w/ the embarrassing crush on him, and more as an 
independent young woman who's looking at *other* boys now. :-)  

Once again I'm at work, away from books [drat!], but have I made this 
up, or didn't Ginny *remind* Harry at Grimmauld Place that she'd been 
possessed by Voldy, too, and so she *does* understand some of what 
he's experiencing?  IIRC, it kind of startled Harry and took him 
aback--as if it were something he'd never considered before.  *I* 
think this will come back to Harry in book 6 or 7 and he will turn to 
her more.  

But only JKR knows, and she ain't tellin'.

Siriusly Snapey Susan