SHIP: Where is the canon about Harry and Ginny?

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 135883

Grindieloe, Julie,

please please *please* don't get upset, but this list is exactly what
I said (in my "precision" post) I didn't want. It's all either about
the foreshadowing, or the pre-romance tension buildup, when what I was
asking for was clues as to the *romance* itself, once it's started.

What I am trying to evaluate is not whether Harry/Ginny makes sense.
Pre-HBP, I was fairly convinced that JKR was indeed headed to a H/G
ship, and I was fine with that. So there's no need to point me to all
the foreshadowing.

What I *am* trying to understand and evaluate is the relationship
itself. I am trying to see what kind of relationship they have, *once
they get together*. So what I am asking for is a list of clues
*post-H/G kiss* in HBP.

Other than that, let me reply to a couple of points that were made.

Grindieloe wrote:
"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."

Del replies:
Hum, Ginny had a grand total of 2 boyfriends in a year-and-a-half. I
don't call that "moving from boyfriend to boyfriend". I personally
don't think it is healthy for 14 or 15-year-old kids to be in a
committed relationship for too long. So Ginny's relationships lasting
a few months seems perfectly healthy and normal to me.

She would have to change boyfriend every week or so for me to agree
that she's moving from bf to bf.

Grindieloe wrote:
"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. "

Del replies:
That's a typical *friendship* sign. Harry has the same kind of
connection with both Ron and Hermione, and he's got it with Ginny
because they've been *friends* for so long.

Grindieloe wrote:
"18.  I see this as a typical "first deep" teenage relationship.  I
remember it well... :)  Physical AND emotional..."

Del replies:
Well, that's my problem, see. WHERE do you get your hints about the
romantic relationship between Harry and Ginny? I'm not asking about
their *frienship*, I'm asking about their *romantic relationship*,
once they are together. Can you give me canon examples of Ginny being
such a good *girlfriend* to Harry, or vice versa, *not* examples of 
their friendship?

Grindieloe wrote:
"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."

Del replies:
My question was not about the ship in itself. It was about the
*romance*. I totally agree that JKR heavily foreshadowed H/G. What I
am asking for is "show me where it says that the *romance* between
Harry and Ginny is such a great thing".

Del