Ginny Weasley

[shrijnana]

No: HPFGUIDX 89504

I've had a few questions about Ginny Weasley... maybe they've been
discussed here before; if so maybe someone less new to the group can
point me to the relevant posts. I think there's even more to Ginny
than meets the eye, even more that the powerful witch an quiddich
player she's growing into being.

First, in POA she is deeply affected by the dementors on the train to
Hogwarts, as is Neville. At first I thought that might be due to her
experience with Tom Riddle in COS, but after reading OotP I'm not so
sure. She tells Harry that she cannot remember the times she was
possesed by LV at all. "When he did it to me I couldn't remember what
I'd been doing for hours at a time. (pg. 500 US edition). Would the
dementors be able to bring up those unconscious memories?

But what really makes me wonder about her is her reaction to the stone
archway in the deparment of mysteries. Ron and Hermione have no
noticable reaction to it. Harry and Luna both hear voices behind the
veil, and Neville and Ginny are entranced by it. 

"On the other side, Ginny and Neville were staring, apparantly
entranced, at the veils too. Without speaking, Hermione took hold of
Ginny's arm, Ron Neville's, and they marched them firmly back to the
lowest stone bench..." (Pg. 775, US edition)

At the end of OotP Luna refers to the voices behind the veil as those
of loved ones who have died. Harry, Neville, and Luna all have seen
people die - they can all see the thestrals - and all have loved ones
who have died. As far as we know, Ron and Hermione haven't. But what
about Ginny? Why is she entranced by the veil?

And does anyone know what Ginny is short for? I had always assumed
Virginia, but I've never found canon to support this.   

I have no idea about a H/G relationship... but I'm betting Ginny plays
a big role in the next two books whether a relationship happens or
not.

- Shrijnana