Harry and Ginny

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 136293

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "hickengruendler" 
<hickengruendler at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister" 
> <gbannister10 at a...> wrote:
>  
> > Geoff:
> > This is not dissimilar to the real life situations of the two  
> > World Wars when guys not more than a year or so older than Harry 
> > went off to the war and many of them felt that it was only right 
> > and proper that links with girl friends and sweethearts had to go 
> > on the back burner because of the uncertainty of the future. 
> > Agreed, some of them got married before they went (I'm not
> > suggesting that with Harry and Ginny by the way) but that was 
> > fraught with potential difficulties.

 
> > These were the problems facing wartime budding romances. And they 
> > still face Wizarding World relationships during the current state 
> > of war.

> > Not all of the guys  came home after the two World Wars -  but  
> > some did. Hopefully, there may yet be a time and place for the 
> > ship to weigh anchor again


> Hickengruendler:

> The war parallel therefore doesn't really fit, since the girl who 
> stays behind is as much in danger as the "soldier", and both of 
> them are IMO idiots not to decide to enjoy the time together they  
> have. Also, it bothers me a bit, that the safety of Harry's two 
> best friends, one of them also a girl, doesn't seem to matter very 
> much, since Harry doesn't seem to have any problems with them      
> accompanying them. 

Geoff:
But in the case of the Second World War, the girl often /was/ in 
danger. Look at the casualty figures for the UK - people killed in 
the Blitz, especially in the London bombings  and then in the V1/V2 
attacks towards the end.....

The men went off hoping that their loved ones would be safe behind 
them but it sometimes proved otherwise. 

Let us remember though that Voldemort is obsessed with Harry. It 
reminds me of Gandalf's remark in LOTR:ROTK where he points out that 
Sauron's gaze is so concentrated on Minas Tirith that he is blind to 
anything else going on. Voldemort seems to have been trying to get 
Harry directly in every attack. He has never tried to get at Harry 
through Hermione or Ron and his killing of Cedric was because Cedric, 
as Dumbledore pointed out, happened to get in the way. The 
interaction with Ginny in COS was between Diary!Riddle, Harry and 
Ginny - not Voldemort proper. So I don't expect to see him sending 
Death Eaters to The Burrow to seek out Ginny. Her profile will be 
much lower.

Regarding your comment about Ron and Hermione supporting Harry in the 
next book, I have pointed out in another post that, by the beginning 
of their Upper Sixth year - assuming that Hogwarts manages to 
function correctly - all three of them will be of age and can make 
their own decisions. Ginny won't be. Ron and Hermione make it clear, 
very quietly but very resolutely, that they intend to be involved 
and, short of Harry chaining them to the wall, he can't physically 
stop them and he might well find their presence and assistance useful.

Frodo did find that having Sam with him, despite his misgivings, 
helped to save the whole show.