"A Little Romance" -- Ginny

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 127937


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lunamk03" <imontero at i...> 
wrote:
 
> Luna :
 > 
> Back to my original point. I am not discussing the quality of the 
> information Ginny gave to Harry, it is clear that she wasn't lying 
> to him. I was giving an example of how Hermione was unable in that 
> situation to cheer an unhappy, miserable Harry up. She is aware of 
> this, she wants Harry to be happy, she knows she doesn't have all 
> the tools to make him happy so she required Ron and Ginny's support 
in Grimmauld Place. I love Hermione, I know she loves Harry (as a 
> friend, so far) and she wants him to be happy and save. I just want 
> to put into perspective this so often mentioned scene in Grimmauld 
> Place that some people like to bring up in order to make the point 
> on Hermione being the « only one » who could help Harry. This 
argument backfires as we see that the one actually cheering him up 
and getting to his heart is Ginny, not Hermione


Hickengruendler:

First of all, I'm not really a shipper. I think and hope Ron and 
Hermione will hook up, but if they don't, I also wouldn't really 
care. IMO, fandom has made the shipping much more important, than it 
really is.  

That said, I disagree that it was simply Ginny who brought Harry out 
of his shell. It was teamwork from all three of them (and with this I 
don't just mean that Ron wrote Hermione, who then catched Harry from 
his room, all three of them gave Harry important informations). He 
thought that he was possesed by Voldemort and somehow responsible for 
the attack of Arthur Weasley. Than Ginny told him from the symptoms 
she had while being possesed and asked him, if he had the same, which 
he denied. And I agree that it was a big part in helping Harry, but 
not the only one. At this point, Harry still had some doubts. But 
then Hermione reminded him again, that you cannot apparate out of 
Hogwart, and that even Voldemort isn't able to transport Harry from 
one place to another just like that. And then Ron backed her up in 
telling Harry, that he saw him having the nightmare and that Harry 
didn't left the room. It were all three of them who helped him, not 
just Hermione or just Ginny. The combination of what all three of 
them said cheered Harry up. And I don't think this scene is in any 
way meant as shipping-foreshadowing, but rather as an eye-opener for 
Harry, that he shouldn't cancel his friends out, when he has 
problems, because they can be a big help.

Hickengruendler