Significance of Ginny

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Casey said:

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> As much as I hate the term soul mate (so overused and trite) the 
> idea of Ginny being kidnapped is even worse. It would be nothing 
> more than her being tied to the railroad tracks with evil Voldemort 
> twirling his mustache while, white hat wearing Harry, comes to the 
> rescue. I would much rather Ginny were a regular soldier in D's A 
> than another helpless damsel in distress, even if she's his 
> girlfriend at the time.  I think that's one reason I loved the fact 
> that Ron was used during the challenges in GOF because it seemed 
> those that needed to be rescued were overwhelmingly female. 
> 
> Casey

Well, if you put it that way...

The best and worst thing about CoS--as a myth nut--was its archetypal ending. Damsel in 
distress/sleeping princess. Evil sorcerer. Deadly dragon-beast. Both defeated by the 
virtuous hero with the magical companion and the enchanted sword. Beautiful.

I DO believe that LV will try to exploit Ginny again. It's just too obvious, since Lucius 
Malfoy KNOWS she was possessed by the diary... This is part of the Changeling!Harry 
discussion.

And yet I think that what Ginny's development through the series (which phoenixgod finds 
unconvincing) is driving towards is precisely a situation where she ISN'T a damsel in 
distress. In OotP (and, to a more subtle extent before) she has shown herself to be brave, 
wily and--pardon the word--self-possessed. So I foresee some sort of situation where LV 
comes after her and Harry's saving-people-thing kicks in... But Ginny's the one who saves 
_Harry's_ bacon. And then we can have all sorts of shipping and life-debt debates from 
there.

Whether that's in the sixth book or the seventh, I don't know, but I can see it happening.