A Ginny Theory.

[mad_maxime]

No: HPFGUIDX 136263

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Sandra Collins" <sandra87b at y...>

> Sandra wrote:

> I've come to the conclusion that JKR has kept the details about
> their relationship to a minimum because in the next book Ginny is
> for the chop in a horrible way and as such, JKR doesn't want to 
> traumatise her younger readers by making G herself  (and her 
> relationship) anything that we care too much about.

Max responds:

I'm sorry, but that makes no sense. If Rowling didn't want to
traumatize younger readers she wouldn't have killed Lily, James,
Cedric, Sirius and, oh yeah, Dumbledore. Ginny certainly has as much
chance of getting killed as anyone else in the series, but Rowling is
not going to base that decision on how much the fans care about Ginny.

> Sandra wrote:

> We've read of her tantrums, arguments, and that horrible bitching 
> she gives to Ron before he miraculously finds Lavender, and so 
> therefore we have very few reasons to like her or see that she 
> has anything special with Harry.

Max responds:

I think JKR has provided many reasons to like Ginny, which is why she
has such a big fan base, including JKR herself. But she's not perfect.
She's a bit of a hot head, I agree. She can come off as biting and
sarcastic at times. You may dislike her for these faults, but many
other readers focus on her good qualities instead.

> Sandra wrote:

> So there's no nice images of her and Harry described in the book, 
> not even a sentence or two of something mild (as Del suggested many
> posts ago). That would have been easy for her to do, but she chose
> not to. And I think that's so that nobody gets very attached to her.

Max responds:

I agree, it would have been nice for JKR to have fleshed out the H/G
relationship a bit. And it *was* written in a way that kept us
somewhat distanced from it. I was frustrated by that myself. However,
to claim there were no nice images of Ginny and Harry in HBP and by
extension, hints that they were, at least, happy together is simply
not accurate.

Imo, in HBP JKR was simply establishing that Harry and Ginny *liked*
each other, that they enjoyed each other's company. This much should
certainly be clear to everyone who read the book, regardless of how
you feel about Ginny.

What we see are the beginning stages of a relationship. We don't know
enough at this point to be able to clearly say whether it will grow
more serious or not. But the stage has been set, at any rate, for
further development of the ship in Book 7 if that is the direction
that JKR choses to go.

Max (Who will be very surprised if Ginny hides 'meekly' in the
background in HP7)