20-30 in Azkaban for murder

[antoshachekhonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 135841

> Hi Potterphiles!
>  Can you truly imagine Harry with his temper and Ginny with her bad 
> temper actually getting together? I think the reason why there won't 
> be an 8th book, is because it would find either Harry or Ginny in 
> Azkban doing time for murder! :)  But seriously, I just can't get 
> behind them being together, and I agree with the person(sorry, I 
> delete the emails as I go along so I don't know your name) that wrote, 
> when did Ginny get so popular and good looking? Is Harry so shallow 
> that he can't look beneath a plain exterior(especially when he has 
> known the girl since he was 12) and fall in love? Does every girl he 
> get with have to be a cheerleader type? It would have shown a lot more 
> depth of character if she would have stayed plain and he would have 
> loved her for what was INSIDE.
> 
> just my HO
> snapeo'phile

Antosha--

Can I imagine it? Um. Yes? 

Sorry, I usually have more of a sense of humor here, but I'm getting a bit tired of the 
Harry/Ginny bashing. Who said he is only responding to her because of looks or her 
supposed popularity? Who said it came out of nowhere? 

Here's the thing: there's a sizable portion of the fandom--not a majority, not even a 
plurality, but a goodly chunk nonetheless--WHO SAW THIS COMING. And not because 
Ginny was cute or sporty or popular, but because, during OotP, when NO ONE could talk to 
Harry (with the exception of Luna, at the very end) Ginny had a series of fairly crucial 
conversations with Harry, each of which pulled him out of a major funk. 

Harry never thinks about her looks. He never talks about her popularity. He thinks about 
how she makes him feel--and she makes him feel good. "His best source of comfort," not 
"the hottie on his elbow that makes all the homies green with envy." I don't think that's 
shallow at all.

Antosha, who's prone to moodiness and married to an Irish redhead--fifteen years and no 
blood on the floor yet!