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

[Sherry]

No: HPFGUIDX 144859

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ronnie" <remuslupin73 at h...> wrote:
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> Expectopatronnie:
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> And, speaking of Ginny, I was wondering where the hell was she on the 
> final task of GoF. She's not mentioned *at all* - not during the 
> actual task, and not during the meal accompanying the task, even 
> though her mother and brother Bill came especially to see Harry!
> 
Amontillada:

And she made herself scarce for precisely that reason--she didn't want
her mother or Bill to guess how she really felt for Harry.  She was
probably afraid that if they did, one of them might say something.
("Oh, how sweet...") and she would be deeply embarrassed.

She was probably watching the competition with some of her own
classmates, who all wanted to see one of the Hogwarts champions win
the tournament and wouldn't so quickly identify her particular
feelings for Harry.

This brings me to the threshhold of the room where Ginny will dwell in
Book 7. Especially if both Ron and Hermione join Harry on his quest
for the remaining Horcruxes, I expect Ginny to be one of his most
important regular contacts at Hogwarts.  Harry will probably need to
call on records of information about magic in Great Britain, and
Hogwarts is perhaps THE largest repository of such literature.  I
think Harry may well find it easier to call on fellow students, who
are his peers, than on professors.  Ginny, along with Luna and
Neville, will be important contacts.

Amontillada