Ginevra - why is H/G obvious

[nkafkafi]

No: HPFGUIDX 98790

kitten says:
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It has been said that R/Hr and H/G are the most "obvious" ships in
the books... I, being an R/Hr shipper, can understand the R/Hr being
obvious, but did I miss something with Harry/Ginny? I just don't see
it as "obvious" in the books. Can someone please explain this "Harry
and Ginny is obvious" thing?

Neri:
I think it was me who referred to these two ships as "obvious" 
several days ago, so I guess now I owe the explanation (in fact I 
think it was in the post that unintentionally started the current 
wave of shipping. My sincere apologies to all the non-shippers ;-)

So lets see, why is H/G obvious? Here is my list:

1. When the evil wizard kidnaps the innocent maiden to his secret 
chamber and puts an enchanted sleep on her, and the hero goes through 
underground tunnels to save her, slays the guardian monster with a 
sword and get rid of the evil wizard by finding where his heart is 
hidden, well, my mom taught me at an early age how these stories are 
supposed to end.

2. When a girl has a desperate crush on the hero for several years 
and he doesn't bother to notice her, well, at least in the books he 
just might notice her in the end (or why had the author devised this 
crush in the first place?)

3. When our girl actually had the opportunity to go to a great ball 
with said hero, who just happened to be the school champion at the 
time, but she refuses only because she had already promised to go 
with the least popular boy in the school, well, in the books (as 
opposed to realty) such a noble behavior is usually rewarded 
appropriately in the end.

4. When said girl gets herself a personality, guts and two 
boyfriends, and tells the hero exactly what she thinks about his rude 
behavior, then he really should start noticing her.

5. When our girl replaces the hero in his position in quidditch, and 
wins the cup by stealing the sneach just under the nose of hero's 
previous girlfriend, that just might be a clue.

6. When this girl is the only person who can understand the hero when 
he is in a terrible situation, because she went through a similar 
terrible experience herself, yep, this is pretty obvious also.     

But I fully agree with Kitten on one point (I think I sniped it, 
sorry): I don't attribute any importance to the Ginevra name either.

Neri