SHIP: Ginny Unknowingly Wearing Love Potion (a great Essay on the subject)

[phoenixgod2000]

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> Max responds:

> I have only one example so far, but I'm sure I can come up with 
more.
> Our first hint that Harry might be feeling attracted to Ginny is in
> Chap 7, The Slug Club. He asks Ginny to sit with him on the train 
and
> feels a "strange twinge of annoyance" when she tells him she's 
going
> to sit with Dean. Now either Harry is feeling a bit jealous of 
Dean or
> this is the first example of Ginny's LP perfume taking effect. The
> problem is only minutes later, Ginny and Harry are once again in 
close
> proximity in Slughorn's train compartment and Harry shows no sign 
of
> being 'oddly attracted' to Ginny. In fact, Ginny is surrounded by 
five
> boys, and none of them show any signs of giving her any more 
attention
> than would be expected. Surely if she were wearing LP perfume we
> should expect to see some sort of odd behavior from the boys but we
> don't. In fact when Harry and Ginny are talking after leaving
> Slughorn, Harry's thoughts are almost completely focused on Draco 
and
> finding out more about his mysterious activities. Not the behavior 
of
> a boy one would expect to see when in such close proximity to LP
> perfume, if you ask me.

Just today I found a great essay on the subject of Harry/Ginny and 
Love Potions that I found deeply compelling. While I didn't like H/G 
in the book I never subscribed to the love potion theory because it 
strikes me as too conspiracyish but the author of the article lays 
out a very compelling argument that Hermione has dowsed harry with 
love potions in an effort to nudge Harry in Ginny's direction.  The 
author of the essay specifically brings up the scene you are talking 
about, Maxine, and shows a different way to read it. The theory also 
fits in with the idea that Hermione's big brain is going to get her 
into trouble someday--something which a lot of people are expecting. 
Deciding on her own that H/G would be a good idea and taking the 
initative to make that happen definitely strikes me as something 
Hermione could do.  If this is the case I would take back everything 
bad I have ever said about JKR. It would be an amazing twist. I'm 
still not perfectly convinced that it is canon, because there is no 
way to know short of the next book coming out. Still, it serves as a 
great justification for post HBP fic with a different pairing than 
Harry/Ginny and definitely would be the sort of mind blowing twist 
that the last book needs imo.

Anyway, everyone check it out. Its very well written, comprehensive, 
and logical.  I look forward to hearing peoples thoughts about it.

http://www.dracoandginny.com/viewstory.php?sid=3300 

phoenixgod2000