SHIP: Where is the canon about Harry and Ginny?

[slgazit]

No: HPFGUIDX 135930

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "grindieloe" <andie1 at e...> wrote:
> Okay, Harry and Ginny, the romance... I don't see why we need to SEE 
> exactly what happens between Harry and Ginny.  After all, in mature 
> relationships, normally the intimate moments are not completely 
> shown to others.

I don't have a problem with JKR leaving the details off, I thought
that was done well considering the target audience (heck my 17 year
old son *still* hates romance in movies/books... :-)). I always
believed that JKR was leading to a H/G relationship (though did not
see why until OoP). I feel however that she pushed that too abruptly
after ignoring that important development for too long. We saw no
character development for Ginny from the blushing lovestruck little
girl in books 1 and 2. She was hardly mentioned in book 3, made a
cameo appearance (in line with her early personality) in book 4, when
suddenly she appears in OoP as this beautiful, confident, smart, funny
, good athlete girl who can get any boy she wants (after not being
able to find anyone to invite her to the Yule Ball in book 4, except
Neville, I might add...). I could see Harry falling in love with her
then, I just wished that we would see the beginning of this change in
Ginny in book 4 - I think it would have made more sense. After all,
the change in Neville was done very well through the books - why not
develop Ginny better?

> I see this as a true, real, intimate, wonderful relationship.  I was 
> so excited to see that Harry was capable of such a relationship 
> after all the pain he has experienced in his life. This is yet 
> another example showing how our hero can LOVE!

I did not like the ending of it with him acting the typical fairy tail
hero of protecting his girl and leaving her behind while going off to
save the world, then presumably coming back in glory for the prize. I
never liked the idea so common in fantasy and fairy tails of the
beautiful girl being left at home as a trophy for the victorious hero.
It makes even less sense here when she actively participated in many
of his struggles and  Harry has no compunction letting R+H risk their
life. But I don't believe that Ginny will just quietly acquiese -
however poor her previous character development, having her meekly
stay behind does not fit her current personality. She will be there
along with H+R. If love is the power that Harry will use to win, then
he'll need all he can get of it...
Besides - one of the things I like in the HP novels is the fact that
the females are as powerful and prominent as the males (well, almost,
we don't see the female equivalents of LV, DD or HP) and I would not
want JKR to ruin that in the finale...

Salit