SHIP: Where is the canon about Harry and Ginny?

[grindieloe]

No: HPFGUIDX 135844

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "delwynmarch" <delwynmarch at y...> 
wrote:
> All you people who are satisfied with the way the romance between
> Harry and Ginny was written, and who have found enough clues to judge
> that relationship positively, can you help me?
> 
> Can you give me the canon bits that helped you forge your judgement,
> the hints that helped you make a diagnosis?


Well, I think the foreshadowing of H/G started in SS and continued 
on...

SS
1.  We already know by the end of this book that Ginny loves Harry.  
Yes, it can be passed off as an infatuation because he is famous, but 
still... everyone knows that Ginny loves Harry.  (We can also see the 
resemblence [in looks only at this point] to Lily Evans.  Harry looks 
likes James; Ginny looks like Lily.)

COS
2.  Ginny plays a major role.  Ron tells us that Ginny has been 
talking about Harry all summer, but of course, she doesn't normally 
speak in front of Harry because she is embarrased around him due to 
her crush.

3.  We hear more about Ginny's crush from Tom Riddle, who notes that 
Ginny tend to be afraid that Harry Potter will never like her.

4.  "His eyes are as green as a fresh pickled toad..."  Need I say 
more?

5.  Harry saves Ginny's life and is very protective regarding keeping 
Ginny out of trouble regarding the entire situation.  

POA
Don't see much of Ginny...

GOF
6.  Ginny is very disappointed when Ron says "Ginny, you can go to the 
ball with Harry and I'll just..." She already has promised Neville she 
would go with him, and certainly was regretting it at that moment 
since she could have had her chance with Harry.

OOP
7.  Ginny makes her real debute.  She has "given up" on Harry and 
decides that she will pursue other relationships.  Because of this, 
Harry notices her more because she is more herself around him.  She 
talks and jokes - more like the Ginny Ron describes to us in COS, but 
a Ginny we have yet to see until now.

8.  We can assume that Ginny and Hermione have talked about Harry & 
Ginny; we find out later (in HBP) that Hermione told Ginny to date 
around and be herself to see if Harry will notice her more.

9.  Ginny makes herself a part of the DA and is directly involved in 
the DOM showdown, thus, making her character more pronounced.

10.  Ginny is the only one that can get Harry out of his funk after he 
shuts himself away - thinking that Voldemort was possessing him.  She 
does not back down or appear tenative when she speaks to him - as Ron 
and Hermione both do throughout the book.

HBP
11.  Slughorn says he just adored Lily Evans.  He also inducts Ginny 
into his Slug Club.  Thus, another similarity to Harry's mother.  
Also, from what Slughorn says here, Lily was a bit cheeky... as is 
Ginny.

12.  Harry and Ginny develop a deeper friendship through the summer as 
Harry stays at the Burrow.  He laughs at her imitations of Plegm/Fleur.

13.  Harry, while always protective of Ginny because she is Ron's 
sister, begins to rationalize this protectiveness.  He thinks about it 
and rationalizes that this is why he doesn't like seeing her kissing 
(snogging) Dean. 

14.  He starts dreaming about her.

15.  Her need to move from boyfriend to boyfriend, as both Ron and the 
twins dislike, stems from her inability to have the man she really 
wants - Harry.  

16.  Harry's overall increased maturity lends itself to a deeper 
relationship in this book... someone Harry knows and not just because 
she is pretty.  Can you say NO CHO!?

17.  Eyeball messages... they are meaningful.  Harry mentions a few 
times that their eyes met and that there was immediate understanding.  
It's wonderful to have that connection to someone and to know someone 
that well.  

18.  I see this as a typical "first deep" teenage relationship.  I 
remember it well... :)  Physical AND emotional... Ginny loves him 
enough to understand what Harry is like and what he must do.  I only 
hope that he comes back for her in the end.

There it is... my long list of reasons why I have always been a H/G 
shipper. I totally respect those that have other shipping ideas and 
theories, but for me, H/G makes the most sense and always has.

grindieloe  :)