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

[NamiePark]

No: HPFGUIDX 137339

Phoenixgod wrote:
> 
> > 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.  


Hi, this is my first post here so if I make a mistake, please don't 
be too hard on me.  I don't know if anyone has pointed this out 
before (I've read most but not all of the HBP messages) or not but I 
don't think a love potion was involved re: Harry/Ginny.  We are able 
to see firsthand how love potion affects someone--when Ron 
accidentally eats a potion-infused chocolate intended for Harry.  He 
instantly seems to almost go crazy--he can't stop talking about the 
girl (sorry, can't remember her name)--he's so overtaken with her 
that he must hunt her down and his mind is singlemindedly and 
completely devoted to her.  Harry's attraction to Ginny, while it 
did come as a shock to him, seems to have developed more slowly--and 
certainly did not render him incapable of continuing on with normal 
activities in his life the way it did with Ron.  

I suppose Harry could have been affected with a milder potion but 
I'm inclined to think that JKR purposely showed us the 
effect of love potion on Ron so that we can identify the symptoms 
readily and not confuse it with just a growing attraction/romance. 
IMHO

"NamiePark"