SHIP: Harry and Hermione

[mad_maxime]

No: HPFGUIDX 92362

DJ wrote:
> <snip>
> . . . I do know that when I was reading OOTP that there were a 
> few points where I wondered if she [Ginny] still had some residual
> effects from her time when Tom Riddle and she were basically sharing 
> a life-force.  The one example that springs to mind is something 
> very little, but it stuck with me for some reason.  It was when they 
> were all at Grimmauld Place around the time the kids were trying to 
> listen in on the Order meeting, and JKR describes Ginny as 
> either "cooly lying" to her mother, or "lying without batting an 
> eye" ... <snip> I'm not trying to say that JKR is trying to say that 
> Ginny is a "born liar" either.  She may just be showing Ginny to
> have the capability to be cool and calm.  But then 
> again, she didn't need to show Ginny lying to show that. I don't 
> know what it all means, but I do think Ginny's final 
> characterization may still be up for grabs.

My response:

The question of what residual effects remain within Ginny after being
possessed by Tom is a very interesting one that I hope JKR addresses
in Books 6 or 7. I don't think her ability to maintain a good poker
face while lying to her mother is an example of this though. I believe
JKR was just trying to show that Ginny has a bit of Fred/George in
her. She's not "evil", she's just being a bit irreverent toward an
authority figure. Nothing out of the ordinary for a young teenager.

Max (who thinks Ginny is swell :) )