[HPforGrownups] Re: SHIP: Harry and Hermione

Sat Mar 6 10:12:43 UTC 2004

No: HPFGUIDX 92339

In a message dated 3/5/2004 6:52:55 PM Central Standard Time, 
kreneeb at hotmail.com writes:

 Kitten writes:
<As for Ginny Weasley...someone, I think on this list, called her 
<Ron-with-boobs, I LOVED THAT! It totally says it all. That is why I 
<can't stand H/G. It's just too perfect! I think that JKR can come up 
<with something a lot better then "best friend's little sister" (who 
<would be great for Neville). 
I reply:

I would have to completely agree with you here.  I mean Harry has already 
been an honorary member of the Weasley family for years.  Not that guys don't 
fall in love with their best friends little sisters everyday, but in this case, I 
agree, it would just seem too easy for JKR to put Harry with Ginny.  

Though unfortunately, since I am not a fan of the H/G ship, there is 
significant canon support for it with Ginny's constant crushing and the emergence of 
Ginny as a larger presence in OOTP.  Yet, all that could also prove to be a 
massive red herring as well.  We'll have to wait and see.  In addition, there is 
some canon support for the Ginny/Neville ship.  Ginny treats Neville very 
decently throughout OOTP, to such a point that she actually attempts to lift his 
confidence several times.  Her kindness towards him is very noticeable, because 
she is rather gruff at times with everyone else.  More importantly, Neville 
showed a fondness for her in OOTP in that he puts himself at risk to protect 
her from harm.

Kitten writes:

<Now that I angered 99% of the people on this list, I just wanted to 
<say that I would love for Harry to get together with a ghost character, 
<someone like Hannah, Lisa, Sally-Anne, (come on... shout it out loud if 
<you agree) I have to admit...my heart is set on Susan, but truthfully I 
<don't care just as long as it's not Hermione, Ginny, or Luna. I think 
<that what was said with the interview could be meant for any girl not 
<just Hermione and Ginny. 

I reply:

I'm shouting it out!! :-) I am onboard for a ghost girl!!! <g>  In fact, I 
responded to you a few weeks ago with my "crazy Susan Bones theory." <bg>  And I 
also agree that none of JKR's answers in the chat made such a scenario 
impossible.  She just said that he would getting kissed more.  I also agree that he 
could wind up kissing anybody in the next two books.  

In my opinion, even one book is sufficient time for JKR to develop a new or 
previously background character.  I mean look how important Luna became with 
just one book.  She started off on a train and ended up being part of Harry's 
"core" people.  And it was done without most people thinking it was rushed or 
overly contrived because JKR did a good job in the telling.  She did the same 
thing with Lupin and Sirius. One book, POA, catapulted the two of them to the 
status of "major character."  I know for me personally, (and maybe this is 
partly because POA was the book that really turned me into a fan), it was almost 
like forgetting what the books were like before Sirius and Lupin came along.  

JKR is a very talented person.  She could smoothly make Lisa Turpin seem 
"core" by the end of Book 6 if she wanted to, nevermind someone like Susan Bones, 
who actually has had something of a history laid for her in previous books.  
And I completely agree, it would be so interesting and fun to be able to go 
through the development of a new major character.  It was certainly a blast 
reading about Luna in OOTP.  It was great having Cho fleshed out from this pretty, 
sweet girl to this high-maintenance girl with a lot of her own pain and 
insecurities.  And it was certainly great to start to get to know all the different 
DA kids from the different houses.  In fact, having Harry end up with someone 
non-Gryffindor would provide some underlining support for the "unity across 
dividing lines" theme.

So though I think the odds are stacked against a Harry/ghost girl ship, I 
definitely do not think it's outside the realm of possibility. :-)

DJ

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