Ginny VS Harry

[sienna291973]

No: HPFGUIDX 135143

AA:
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> I am somewhat surprised at JKR for saying Ginny and Harry are
> perfect, in either harmony or complementarity. Ginny seems, unlike
> many other heroes in the HP series, 2-dimensional: she takes great,
> convenient leaps in character development whenever the time calls
> for it. Okay, she's good-looking. Okay, she's skilled. But let's see
> her commit an act of charity, something nice for someone, without
> any positive consequences for her. Let's see her take the first step
> towards Fleur. Let's see something of moral fiber. After all, isn't
> this quality the reason we fell in love with Harry Potter for in the
> first place? It seems to me that Ginny embodies what Harry does not,
> and Harry what Ginny does not. This is not a complementarity. It is
> a polar dichotomy.

Me:
I agree AA (surprise surprise). In fact, one of my favourite moments 
in the book was the last scene between Harry, Ron and Hermione. Only 
once we saw the trio back to normal, being the trio in their full 
glory, did I realise how much I'd missed them in HBP. Unfortunately 
Ginny, for me, will never be on an equal playing field with them and 
I had wanted more for Harry's LI (even Luna would have been better I 
think). I loved the part where Ron told Harry they were coming with 
him and when Hermione told him that the decision had essentially been 
made a long time ago. The best writing of the whole book.

Phoenixgod200:
> I totally agree with you about everything in this post but the H/Hr
> part. I hate her so much now that I've become a D/H shipper. Those
> two deserve each other as far as I am concerned.

You know what
 this makes me *very* happy (and I love Hermione, so 
that's saying something). It demonstrates that it is not just us old 
H/Hr shippers reacting emotionally to our ship being sunk and 
validates to some extent the fact that there is a problem with the 
development of the subplot, that perhaps people who have no vested 
interest in H/G are also able to pick up. I have to say though that 
HBP!Hermione even got on *my* nerves.

phoenixgod2000:
> We hear that she is a great and powerful witch,
> but we've never even seen the one spell she is very good at which,
> wait for it, makes boogers fly out peoples noses and attack them.
> Oh, yeah, thats just like surviving a battle of willpower against
> Voldemort or using a patronus against a hundred dementors.

Agreed. I really really just wish there was more substance. I 
ultimately really enjoyed the moments between Ron and Hermione 
because the build up *was* there and I love both these characters 
enough to want to see them happy. But bat-bogey hex? Sorry. I don't 
buy it. I wonder if Jo has become so used to the dialogue between 
herself and her fans (outside the book) that she has taken it for 
granted that she can fill in any holes outside of canon.

Phoenixgod2000:
> I don't like H/G but I could have been sold on it.

Ditto.

Phoenixgod2000:
> At this point I don't care who. I'd live with the giant squid making
> gooey eyes at Harry if it'll get Ginny away from him.

Also ditto. Lol.

phoenixgod200:
> H/L wouldn't be so popular if H/G was a obvious as JKR seems to
> think it was.

And the interesting thing is, that H/L became popular after just one 
book. In fact, as of the end of OotP, H/G and H/L had an equal chance 
of happening (if you go by canon and ignore extra-canon quotes).

Phoenixgod2000:
> It is squicky isn't it.

Yes. Yes it is. ;)

Sienna