[HPforGrownups] SHIP (WAS: Ginny Weasley

[BrwNeil at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 89522

In a message dated 1/23/2004 9:11:46 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
dh.shrijnana at verizon.net writes:
<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.


Personally I'm betting on Neville/Ginny, but you can never tell with Rowling. 
 Sometimes she seems to introduce people or a plot just to drop them.  The 
way OotP ended you would expect the trio to be a sextet in book six with Luna, 
Neville and Ginny taking a bigger part.  You might expect this, but they might 
have little or no part.

Take the end of GoF.  We are left thinking that Ron likes Hermione and that 
Hermione may visit Krum over the summer.  Instead Hermione spends the summer 
with Ron at the OotP headquarters with not the slightest explanation of why she 
is there.  Why didn't she visit Krum?  Why isn't she with her parents?  We are 
kept in total darkness.  Would it have not made sense for Harry to ask why 
Hermione was there and not at home?  Not discussed at all.

What about Ron liking Hermione?  Not once in the entire year does Harry ask 
his friend whether he still has feelings for Hermione.  Also, not once does 
Harry ask why Hermione didn't visit Krum.  Why she wasn't with her parents.  
Harry doesn't even ask if she is still writing Krum until it comes up at Christmas.

These are best riends and teenagers.  Don't they have any normal 
conversations.  It almost seems that between GoF and OotP Rowling decided to not have Ron 
be attracted to Hermione anymore.  It just seems unrealistic that if Ron still 
has the feelings for Hermione that he displayed in GoF that he wouldn't in 
the course of an entire year discuss it with Harry even once.

I'm wondering if Rowling either switched ships or decided against ships 
completely.  Could outside sources have convinced her to go H/H instead of R/H.  
Could WB be influencing some of her book decisions.   Why was Luna brought into 
the story?  Just to give Harry a place to print his story or is she there for 
either Ron or Harry?

I'm betting H/Hr, R/L, N/G.  I wonder how many years before the answer?



Neil


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