Ginevra (SHIP)

[Laurel Carmer]

No: HPFGUIDX 98798

Kitten:  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?

****Actually, Harry/Ginny is more obvious than either H/H or R/H, or 
any other ship.  Except maybe Bill/Fleur, now that they're dating.  
<g>

None of the H/G clues, taken by themselves, are enough.  But, if you 
look at them all together, it makes more sense.

1)  The boarding school theme.  Yes, not every hero of a boarding 
school story married their best friend's little sister, but it 
happens enough to make it noticable.  

2)  The other leading lady in his life is meant for someone else.  
Harry WILL NOT end up with Hermione.  This is IMHO, of course, as is 
the rest of this badly written essay.  H/H are very good, platonic 
friends.  It's obvious in the story, and JKR has stated it.  There 
aren't any other girls who have been developed as much as Ginny.

3)  Ginny was the first girl Harry met who was his own age.  Harry 
watched Ginny run after the Hogwarts Express the first time he rode 
it.  Romantic foreshadowing, plus the fact that JKRs parents met at a 
train station.  Yes, he met Hermione there, too, but he met Ginny 
first.  And his first meeting with Hermione wasn't wonderful, was it?

4)  Harry saved Ginny from a dragon.

5)  Ginny has gotten over her crush and is now Harry's friend.  

6)  Even though Ginny was not prevelant in the first four books (even 
in CoS we didn't see much of her until the end) Harry knows more 
about her than he realizes.  JKR has given quite interesting 
adjectives for Ginny, and, since the books are in Harry's POV, he has 
noticed these things, and filed them away.  "Bright brown 
eyes", "Flaming red hair", "A mane of red hair", "Vivid head", 
anyway, you get the idea.  He also knows she a powerful witch, that 
she's normally talkitive, that she likes cats, that she's good at 
Quidditch, that she has Fred and George's sense of humour and their 
daring-do, and he doesn't put her in the "uncool" catagory with Luna 
and Neville. 

7)  Ginny is dating other boys, apparently leaving Harry behind.

8)  Harry dated Cho; Ginny dated Michael; now Cho and Michael are 
dating.

9)  Harry has never, in any of the five books, had an unkind thought 
about Ginny.  In OotP, he is angry with her twice, but it is to her 
face.  He did not find her crush annoying, and was actually glad no 
one noticed her elbow in the butter dish.  He was impressed with her 
Quidditch abilities.  She didn't send him the singing Valentine -- 
she gave him a get well card her second year to his face, if she 
wanted to give him a Valentine she would have just given it to him, 
without the dwarf.

10)  Harry and Ginny are the only two people, outside of Dumbledore 
(who doesn't really count, as he is more powerful than almost any 
other wizard) who have faced Voldemort and lived.

11)  Ginny is the only girl in a family of six boys, and the first 
girl born into the Weasley family in several generations.  This means 
she will be important somehow.  Why bother to do this if it won't 
mean anything?  She will be important to Harry, and, going along with 
all this other information, I think he will fall in love with her.

I think the OBHWF is obvious.  It's not going to be all sugar and 
spice.  The war is going to tramatize everyone.  The best place for 
Harry to be is with the Weasleys (who will probably be minus at least 
one member) for comfort.  As much as they shower love on him, he does 
not yet feel a part of thier family.  Marriage to Ginny will solidify 
that.

Well, there you go.  Feel free to disagree, as I'm sure you will.  <g>

Laurel