Question re "little hint" in Book 2 of what is yet to come

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 100963

Kathi wrote:
Ok, I read that Rowling indicated that something "little" in Book 2
will be "huge" in the next two books. For the life of me, I have no
idea what that might be.
Ideas?
 
I (vmonte) responded:

"Little" Ginny, of course.


vmonte again (posted this a few months ago):

I believe that Ginny is going to be important. She had an important 
role in book 2. A role that did not necessarily have to go to her. L 
Malfoy could have easily slipped Riddle's diary in with Ron's books, 
or George and Fred's books. She was showcased because she learns 
something from her possession by Riddle that becomes important later. 
Or, she may have become stronger because of what happened to her. 
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. (Ron, George, and Fred, 
have specific roles they are needed for later. Rowling had to 
introduce Ginny because she needed a character for a specific job, 
separate from what she had planned for Ron, Fred, George. It is 
interesting that she chose a female character for this role...)

There is something else that struck me as curious about Ginny in OOTP-
- 
page 100, U.S. version of OOTP: "Yeah, size is no guarantee of 
power," said George. "Look at Ginny." "What do you mean?" said 
Harry. "You've never been on the receiving end of one of her Bat-
Bogey Hexes, have you?"
(What is a bat-bogey hex I wonder?)

Also,
page 116, OOTP: "There was a musical box that emitted a faintly 
sinister, tinkling tune when wound, and they all found themselves 
becoming curiously weak and sleepy until Ginny had the sense to slam 
the lid shut..."

I think that Ginny has become more powerful because she survived 
Riddle/Voldemort's possession of her. (It does not matter that it was 
Harry who saved her from Voldemort but that she survived.) She may 
now have some of Voldemort's powers, just like Harry does, because 
she was touched in such a powerful way.