SHIP: JKR on Ginny, WAS Ginny is Mackenzie

[Marianne S.]

No: HPFGUIDX 136899

Ali wrote: <snip>
 I have more *major* questions than with the other books but fewer
questions overall. I'm sure whether it was JKR doing it consciously
or it was that I knew that HBP was the sixth and second to last book,
but I felt like the book had a very final edge to it. Very classical
hero quest set-up, as far as I was concerned, and so classical that it
made me a touch disappointed. I wanted Harry Potter to be more of a
coming of age story, and thus far, it has been successful in that, but
I feel like the coming of age story was less important in HBP and the
hero quest was more important.


Marianne S. 
I think this is where we DO agree, mostly.  I felt this book had a 
"very classical hero quest set-up" as you said. I believe this is exactly
why Harry/Ginny wasn't written about in as much detail as if this had been
a solely coming of age story. I actually do agree with others that I would 
have LIKED to see more of their story, but ultimately I'm happy with what
I saw to be the Beginning of a relationship (and a nice contrast to the 
other teen "romances" in the same book). Yes, if what JKR wrote was the 
last we were to ever see of the girl that Harry felt made him happier than
he had ever been... that would leave me more than a little disappointed. 
Perhaps a point that I didn't make clear is that we were satisfied by what
we saw of Harry and Ginny because we had enough (canon) evidence to 
know they were happy (and I always took that "blazing look" to be one 
of intense understanding... perhaps even akin to mutual legilimency... 
conveying to each other through a look that they have mutual feelings
and understandings).

Anyway, I knew before reading and throughout HBP (as we all did) that 
there is one more book to go...and I believe that will give Harry the 
chance to fulfill his Hero-Quest and Come of Age.  So, if JKR does not 
flesh out Harry and Ginny's relationship (or Ron and Hermione's for 
that matter) in the next and final Harry Potterbook, I will join the 
list of Critics. As I see things now, though, I am happy for the 
beginning (of the Ship and of the Mission) and am axious for more. I 
find it a lot more gratifying to see it this way than to carp about
what wasn't written or what negative things could be read into it. 

Marianne S.  (hoping that this counts as a new day since it's 12:01am)