Ginevra

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> kitten says...
> > 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?
> 
> Ali:
> Not being a shipper of anything (I like the idea of certain couples but don't see much 
proof of anything in the books), I'm not sure I should jump into this volatile conversation, 
but I'll risk it.  One of my friends staunchly believes that Harry/Ginny is the most obvious 
relationship in the books aside from the R/Hr pairing.  His reasoning is that Harry will be 
drawn to Ginny by the fact that he is Ron's best friend.  Ron's family has practically 
adopted Harry, and by marriage to Ginny, Harry will be fully integrated into the family.  
The combination of Ginny's pull - she is a spunky girl and not too bad a match for Harry's 
personality - and her family's happiness is my friend's reasoning behind the Harry/Ginny 
theory.
> 
> Personally, I can't see it.  I see minor indications for the possibility of the R/Hr thing, but 
I can't see that working out in the long term.  They would drive each other to madness.  If 
forced to pick a pair, I'd have to go with H/Hr.  There's not a lot of cannon evidence, but 
the dynamics between the two makes me think that their getting together is probably 
more likely in the long term.
> 
> ~Ali, who would like to sail the HMS Pumpkin Pie except she can't really see its 
happening as such a likely thing (like other Pumpkin Piers)
> 
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:shakes head and smiles:

Sorry. I didn't mean to start another H/Hr vs. H/G shipping debate--I just wanted to 
speculate on the significance of Ginny's newly discovered full name.... Ah, well, l'amour....

Since Jung has already been mentioned here recently, it occurs to me that a lot of the 
shipping brouhaha can be put down to projection--each of us has a romantic relationship 
we aspire to, one that Jung would say is represented in the anima/animus (our internalized 
ideal image of the opposite sex). We tend to see the OTP for Harry that most closely 
matches our own subconscious desires, and our own perceptions of and associations with 
the various characters. So think of your 'obvious' ship as a sort of Rorsarch test... But don't 
think about it too hard. ;-)

Pumpkin Pie? That's a new one to me. What means?