Ginny Weasley

[Hitomi]

No: HPFGUIDX 89508

shrijnana wrote:
> 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.

Hitomi:
I have no idea if this has been discussed before, so if it has I'm 
the wrong person to ask.  But you did mention some things I've 
wondered about myself, so I thank you for bringing them up.

shrijnana wrote:
> 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?

Hitomi:
You know, I thought the exact same thing, originally.  But she could 
also be remembering other things about that year, such as waking up 
with chicken blood on her robes and not knowing how it got there, 
waking up and seeing a dying Harry in the Chamber before Fawkes 
heals him, etc.  It's just a theory, if her memories a Dementor 
conjures do end up being from her first year.  But I definitely 
think she could be remembering something else we might not know of, 
and the archway was what led me to that conclusion as well.


shrijnana wrote: 
> 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)

Hitomi:
I remember thinking while reading right before this passage, "Oh 
Harry and Luna hear voices that Hermione can't (Hermione is trying 
to get Harry away from the arch at the time), that must mean it's 
similar to the thestrals."  And then you hit this passage, and 
Neville makes sense, but... Ginny?  I thought about it, too.  
There's only so much speculation we can do, Ginny was never an 
overly important figure until the latest book (discluding her 
involvement in Book 2, but she can't remember that), and there is 
quite a lot we still don't know about her.  Mostly, I guess, we'll 
have to wait and see, but there is something rather... intriguing 
about Ginny.  And she never backs down when Harry yells at her ;)


shrijnana wrote:
> 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?

Hitomi:
My only thing with your point here: we don't know if loved ones are 
heard from behind the veil, we just know dead people, or spirits, 
are more than likely heard behind the veil.  We could just be making 
something out of nothing, in that maybe Hermione and Ron didn't look 
at it the same way the others did, or weren't listening, or some 
trivial detail.  Do I think we are?  Not really, but like I said, 
there's only so much speculation one can do.  Maybe Ginny heard 
voices because she killed chickens, I don't know (though that would 
be stupid in my opinion, and wouldn't really make sense, considering 
they're animals and don't talk).  I don't think she saw Tom 
Riddle "die," so that can't be it.  Maybe those tombs in Egypt had 
an affect.  I really don't have a clue, unless there is something 
we're missing, which leads me right back to square one with our 
speculation.  Guess we'll have to wait for Book 6.  ::sigh::


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

Hitomi:
Her name could just be Ginny.  Just like Bill could be Bill, and not 
William, or Percy instead of Percival, or Fred instead of 
Frederick.  Ron's name is the only one we know is short for 
something - Ronald.  But no, there is no canon evidence her name is 
anything but Ginny.


shrijnana wrote:
> 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.

Hitomi:
I'm with you, I don't know about a relationship (though I always 
liked the idea of Ginny and Harry; he'd be Ron's brother-in-law, and 
the Weasleys would be thrilled), but I definitely think she'll be a 
major one of Harry's friends, which we can say about Neville and 
Luna now, too, in a way.  I also think we'll see more of her because 
of Quidditch, what with the only old member on the team being Harry, 
so he'll probably end up Quidditch Captain.  Fred and George are 
gone, and Angelina, Alicia, and Katie just graduated.  So, if Ginny 
is a Chaser, maybe Harry will get to know her better (good point for 
H/G shippers, anyway). 

That probably wasn't much help, shrijnana, sorry, but I'm kind of in 
the same boat as you on this issue.  I would love to hear other 
people's thoughts as well! 

Hope everyone has a good weekend!

~ Hitomi