SHIP: Ginny is Mackenzie, JKR's Daughter - canon

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 136772

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "vmonte" <vmonte at y...> wrote:
> Marianne S wrote:
> Those readers looking for an Emma like twist... If there's one
> to be found, I think we already GOT it. Harry spent around 2
> years pining for Cho, and then fell for the girl who was just a
> Friend and his Best Mate's Sister at that... the girl who was
> always there. Mr. Knightly fell in love with his friend Emma even
> though she was pursuing other suitors.
> 
> vmonte responds:
> I agree with Marianne, besides Ginny is based on JKR's daughter.
> 
> HBP book dedication:
> 
> To Mackenzie, my beautiful daughter. I dedicate her ink-and-paper 
twin.
> 
> 
> Ginny is meant to be a match for Harry, a girl worthy of Harry. And 
> many of us see her that way, including JKR. 
> 
> Vivian

More canon that JKR likes Ginny and considers her a great match for 
Harry:

Leaky Cauldron HBP Interview

JKR: I think so. I hope so. So you liked Harry/Ginny, did you, when 
it happened?

ES: We've been waiting for this for years!

JKR: Oh, I'm so glad.

MA: Oh my gosh, that kiss!

JKR: Yeah.

ES: It actually materialized!

JKR: It actually happened, I know! I felt a little bit like that.

MA: Had you been trying to get them —

JKR: Well I always knew that that was going to happen, that they were 
going to come together and then part.

ES: Were you always -----ing it? [We can't figure out what Emerson 
actually said here.]

JKR: Well, no, not really, because the plan was, which I really hope 
I fulfilled, is that the reader, like Harry, would gradually discover 
Ginny as pretty much the ideal girl for Harry. She's tough, not in an 
unpleasant way, but she's gutsy. He needs to be with someone who can 
stand the demands of being with Harry Potter, because he's a scary 
boyfriend in a lot of ways. He's a marked man. I think she's funny, 
and I think that she's very warm and compassionate. These are all 
things that Harry requires in his ideal woman. But, I felt — and I'm 
talking years ago when all this was planned — initially, she's 
terrified by his image. I mean, he's a bit of a rock god to her when 
she sees him first, at 10 or 11, and he's this famous boy. So Ginny 
had to go through a journey as well. And rather like with Ron, I 
didn't want Ginny to be the first girl that Harry ever kissed. That's 
something I meant to say, and it's kind of tied in.

One of the ways in which I tried to show that Harry has done a lot of 
growing up — in "Phoenix," remember when Cho comes into the 
compartment, and he thinks, `I wish I could have been discovered 
sitting with better people,' basically? He's with Luna and Neville. 
So literally the identical thing happens in "Prince," and he's with 
Luna and Neville again, but this time, he has grown up, and as far as 
he's concerned he is with two of the coolest people on the train. 
They may not look that cool. Harry has really grown. And I feel that 
Ginny and Harry, in this book, they are total equals. They are worthy 
of each other. They've both gone through a big emotional journey, and 
they've really got over a lot of delusions, to use your word, 
together. So, I enjoyed writing that. I really like Ginny as a 
character.


Vivian