SHIP: Where is the canon about Harry and Ginny?

[fanofminerva]

No: HPFGUIDX 135853

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "grindieloe" <andie1 at e...> 
wrote:
> --- 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  :)

19.  All the times Harry became jealous of Ginny and Dean.