Ginny's Role (was Re: Why didn't Lily have to die?)

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 vmonte writes:
> 
> I think that in general Voldemort is always underestimating the power 
> of women.  He didn't see Lily as a threat at all -- in almost the 
> same way that Tom Riddle saw Ginny: as a "silly little girl."  
> 
> I think that like Lily, Ginny is going to turn out to be a very 
> powerful witch.  I think she will be an important factor in beating 
> Voldemort in book seven.       
> 
> Sometimes I wonder whether Ginny is really Mr. and Mrs. Weasley's 
> daughter?  Could she have been placed as an infant with this family 
> for protection?  Or am I thinking too much?
> 
> vmonte out.

I have a memory of there being some discussion of Princess Leia!Ginny somewhere on 
these boards....

It seems unlikely to me, largely because it's so Star Wars-like a motif, and because JKR 
clearly knows the Star Wars films--who in the English speaking world (especially folks 
about 40 who love SF/Fantasy) doesn't know those films?

However, I do buy your basic assertion re: Ginny. It has occurred to me that there are clear 
parallels between Ms. Weasley and Ms. Evans, starting with the red hair... 

At the end of OotP it seemed clear to me that JKR was purposefully expanding the Trio, 
and that we can count on Ginny--along with Neville and Luna--to continue to play large 
roles in the last two books. Ginny and Neville's roles are, I think, well prepared for. They 
each parallel aspects of Harry's own personality and dilemma (Ginny's passion, her 
strength in adversity and her own battle against possession by TR/LV; Neville's loyalty and 
his 'loss' of his parents, not to mention the possible ambiguity of the prophecy). What 
Luna's role is, aside from a knack for random insights, only time and Ms. Rowling will tell.

Antosha