[HPforGrownups] Re: SHIP: Harry and Hermione

[Justine74 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 92340

In a message dated 3/5/2004 7:31:20 PM Central Standard Time, 
hickengruendler at yahoo.de writes:
<<Again, I agree. I honestly like Luna, but I can't see her with Harry. 
<<By the way, didn't JKR say, that Harry would be with a girl who was 
<<in all books, or am I imagine that? That would clearly rule out Luna.
I reply:

I absolutely adore Luna, but I completely agree with you.  I loved how they 
bonded at the end of OOTP, and I love her quirkly, non-judgmental personality.  
However, I see her as being this great platonic friend for Harry in future 
books.  She's just so open and oddly calm that I could see him telling her 
things that he might have trouble telling other people.  For example, I would not 
be surprised if Luna learned about the Prophecy before Ron and Hermione did; 
not because Harry is somehow closer to Luna than Ron and Hermione (I think Ron 
and Hermione will always be his closest friends), but because it might be 
easier to tell someone like Luna, because being the spacey kind of girl she is, she 
probably would not react as strongly to the news as Ron and Hermione would 
and because their strong reactions would probably be quite upsetting for him to 
see.

As for that JKR quote, I could have sworn that I read someplace that she said 
that Harry would eventually be paired up with someone who was mentioned in 
the *first book.*  (Though I can't seem to find where I read it).  But that 
would eliminate Luna as well.

Hickengruendler writes:

<<I don't like this much either. Plain and simply because I don't like 
<<Ginny all that much. I think she's the character with the most 
<<unconvincing development, especially the way how it was done. 
<<However, I am afraid that's what we are leading for.

I reply:

Yeah, when it comes right down to it, my dislike for Ginny is the reason I am 
not in favor of the H/G ship.  I suppose I don't have massively good reasons 
for disliking her, but in general, from Books 1-4, I found her to be this very 
weepy, fairly weak individual who seemed to be constantly in need of 
someone's protection, when other people like Ron and Hermione, who were of similar 
age, just seemed a lot tougher.  It's probably very unfair of me, but anytime I 
thought of her character, I thought of her crying.  I definitely didn't think 
she was strong enough for Harry. I also didn't care for the "Famous Harry 
Potter" implications of her crush.  

I also agree with you about her OOTP development as being unconvincing.  I 
usually accept anything JKR puts out hook, line and sinker.  But one line in COS 
about Ginny talking a lot when Harry is not around, does not provide 
sufficient foundation for the sudden appearance of this hex-throwing, great 
Quidditch-playing, boyfriend-changing, sharp-tongued girl.  Though I completely agree, I 
think the books are probably heading in a H/G direction.

DJ




 


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