Clues for SHIPS

[Jim Ferer]

No: HPFGUIDX 98687

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, squeakinby <squeakinby at t...> wrote:
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Jem: 
> I vote for Ginny.  We don't know anything about the Muggle Dentist 
> Grangers but we know a lot about the Weasleys.  The Weasleys would
be an  entire wizarding family possessing Harry's background.  Harry
already loves Ron like a brother.  This is the family he was denied
and it provides Harry an enormous comfort level in the future.  It
makes all the emotional sense in the world to me.
> 
The argument for Hermione being Harry's anima is incredibly astute and 
she probably is but do we marry ourselves or do we marry "the other"?

I've often said that the differences between Hermione and Harry
compliment each other - I used the words yin and yang.

Hermione, deliberate, thinking, deep; Harry, instinctive, acting,
emotional.  Harry needs someone who restrains him when he goes off the
deep end, which he is wont to do, and Hermione needs someone that
gives her more of a purpose and draws her away from bossiness. She
needs someone who needs what she's got.  They balance each other, or
so I always have thought.

To be honest, Harry's not going to be an easy mate for anybody.  He's
going to be seriously bent by the War, and anybody could respectably
argue he's going to be damaged goods not suitable for anyone.

How can I say what I want to about Ron without seeming to diss him,
which I absolutely don't want to do?  Ron's instinct, despite what
he's been through, leads him to want a good, decent, and ordinary
life.  He's going to want a home, a wife, and a family, and that will
make him happy.  Hermione wants and needs more, I think.  She's not Molly.


But I agree with you completely about Ginny and the Weasley family.
the One Big Happy Weasley Family (OBHWF) idea has given a lot of
people sugar shock, but it doesn't have to be so saccharine.  Ginny is
now a developed character (more to come) and I like her.  A lot.  The
way she's integrated Fred and George into herself *with* better
control is powerful, IMO.  You have to like it.

Jim Ferer