Re: SHIP: “Emma”, Twists, and HBP

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 136699

phoenixgod2000 wrote:
In Harry/Ginny, the foreshadowing is outside the characters. Its
something that is born out of literary convention. he saves Ginny
from the dragon, just like the hero does in the stories, She beats
Cho at quiddich therefore establishing herself as superior to his
current love interest, she give him chocolate, which is a symbol of
love or sex or something like that (have to ask the H/Gers about that
one). Its' stuff that the reader might be able to divine based on
having read other stories, but it isn't really born out of character
interaction. Of course in HBP she gets into the H/G anvils, but it
seems more sudden because there aren't five books of in character
tension like there is between R/Hr.

vmonte:
I really don't think that there is enough time in book 7 for Emma-
like love twists to be going on. I think that JKR answered a lot of 
questions in book 6 on purpose. And there is a big difference between 
the way Ron reacted when given love potion (which was more cartoon- 
minion-like), to the way Harry reacted when around Ginny. 

Ginny is a whole year younger than Harry. She has been described as 
being little in most of the books. It makes sense that Harry would 
start noticing her as a "woman" now that she is a little older, and 
probably curvier.  Little sister just doesn't have the same sexual 
appeal as grown-up sister does--IMO. 

Vivian