Ginny VS Harry

[fitzchivalryhk]

No: HPFGUIDX 135201

P. Alexis Nguyen wrote: 
> The worst part of all, though, is that, at the end of HBP, I'm
> supposed to believe that Harry and Ginny are in love with each other? 
> Um...up until then, I was willing to buy the "this is an adolescent
> crush that will be built up to true love in Book 7" theory, but
> instead of building up those tender feelings, JKR tells me that Harry
> and Ginny have found their true loves at such a young age.  Again with
> the telling instead of showing!  It seems to me that, for such a
> lauded author, when writing about relationships, JKR would have failed
> my creative writing classes, because when writing about the romantic
> life of the HP characters, JKR actually made it pretty easy for me to
> put HBP, which IS a good book, down.




I agree with the above. I was never a shipper, and it does not really 
matter to me Harry goes with who. However, the descriptions in HBP 
about Harry's feeling towards Ginny have convinced me that what Harry 
felt was a crush, albeit with more sexual tension than the one he had 
with Cho.

Before their kiss, all Harry felt about Ginny seems to be consisted of 
possessive jealousy or sexual urges. We noticed how the beast inside 
Harry roared (*snicker*) when he saw Ginny, or how Harry was jealous 
when he saw Ginny kissing someone else. After the kiss, we were told 
that Harry and Ginny got together frequently, besides that, no 
development of emotional depth whatsoever. So when the end of the book 
tell us they share an undying love, I am surprised and felt a little 
cheated.

I would have liked more description on how their love developed, or how 
they get beyond physical attraction towards each other. For now, I just 
think of them as teenagers who believed they were perfect for each 
other, but weren't.

fitz