SHIP: JKR on Ginny, WAS Ginny is Mackenzie

[Pat]

No: HPFGUIDX 136879

Vmonte wrote:
>> > ...snip...
> > 
> > Ginny is meant to be a match for Harry, a girl worthy of Harry. 
> > And many of us see her that way, including JKR. 
> > 
> > ...snip... 
> Leaky Cauldron HBP Interview

<SNIP of the JKR's quote which could be read UPTHREAD>


Pat:  I don't see this as 100% foolproof.  She says she always knew 
they would come together and then part.  She didn't say part for a 
time, which she could have.  I posted previously on what I thought 
she would or wouldn't say between books 6 and 7 if indeed, book 6 is 
full of twists that will be revealed in book 7.

And I'd like to address this part of her comments:

Anelli, Melissa and Emerson Spartz. "The Leaky Cauldron and 
MuggleNet interview Joanne Kathleen Rowling: Part Three," The Leaky 
Cauldron, 16 July 2005

"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."

Pat:  I had hoped for H/Hr, but knowing that they so far had not 
shown any romantic interest in each other, I knew it might not 
happen.  However, I had confidence that Jo would sell me on whatever 
did happen.  And a big part of being stunned after reading the book 
was that she didn't!  All those things she said, "I hoped the reader 
would gradually discover Ginny as pretty much the ideal girl for 
Harry", etc., well, it didn't happen for me, not at all.  I think 
Ginny's tough in an unpleasant way, and a bit scary herself, but 
that's not what I wanted for Harry.  She's only funny by mocking 
people - I like Ron's dry wit much better than that.  I didn't 
get "warm and compassionate".  I saw a hard blazing look, and not 
being inclined to tell Harry to be careful.  I don't see her being 
terrified by his image - she likes him so much because he saves the 
Wizarding world, and wouldn't be happy unless he's hunting 
Voldemort. Am I the only one who sees the book as being the exact 
opposite of what Jo says she tried to show?  I see other stunned 
people, so I don't think so.


Pat