Ginny's Role in Book 7 (was: Re: Four ponderings)

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> >>kelleyaynn:
> > 4. What role or importance will Ginny play in book 7? She is
> > underage and certainly can't go with the trio on their hunt for    
> > the horcruxes. But due to her steady development througout the    
> > series, and increasing "face time", I can't see her suddenly      
> > becoming a minor, insignificant character.
 
> >>Miles:
> I think we can be quite sure to see her as one of the main          
> characters in book 7. You're right, she was built up from 1 to 6,   
> and this would be wasted if she would step in the background again. 
> Does anybody believe that she really accepted Harry's decision to   
> break up? I don't, it would be out of character.

Betsy Hp:
I have a different view on this.  I have a feeling Ginny won't have 
much of a substantial role at all in book 7.  And that's because I 
feel that Ginny is one of JKRs sloppier character creations.  Rather 
than a steady building of character, Ginny's "growth" has been a bit 
frenzied, IMO.  It's like JKR wanted to create a spitfire and shoved 
and hammered and forced Ginny's character into that particular mold.  
It's especially noticable, I think, when you compare book GoF Ginny to 
movie GoF Ginny.  Movie Ginny has a bit more in common with OotP 
Ginny.  Book GoF Ginny is a completely different girl.  Then, of 
course, there's HBP Ginny, who is once again, an entirely different 
animal.  

Compare Ginny throughout the series with Neville throughout the series 
and I think it's apparent that it's not lack of skill on JKR's part.  
So I imagine that it's a lack of importance on Ginny's part.  JKR 
didn't have to think about Ginny's character, and so she didn't.  And 
it shows.

Frankly, I think Ginny is Harry's reward.  As she was his oasis, his 
calm before the storm, in HBP.  But that calm wasn't meaningful to 
plot, so JKR didn't show any of it.  No need for a glimpse into their 
conversations because it doesn't have any affect on Harry's character 
growth, nor on the plot, and Ginny isn't an important character 
anyway.  At least, outside of making Harry happy.

So I *do* think Ginny will take the breakup quietly, because she's 
more than likely going to be Harry's wife in the "happily ever after" 
land of the epilogue.  Unless, of course, Ginny is killed.  But even 
than, it's not that Ginny's death will be important because it's 
Ginny, but because she's Harry's girl.

Betsy Hp