[HPforGrownups] Re: Ginny VS Harry

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BRAVO on all those put it so eloquently on why they found Harry and Ginny relationship
(or just Ginny's characterizatioin alone) problematic, weak, unsatisfying and ultimately
unconvincing. I was hoping I would be spared of those "well don't you see the clues are
here (and shove out the list)" type of replies, because that's not the point. Like
Hickengruenler and others have emphasized again and again, I DO expect to see Ginny setup
as Harry's ultimate love interest all along. I had her name down in my HBP predict
contest as Harry's one true love. I had no problem (nor really care) about ship one way
or another. I'm all for it, let me see how you bring Harry and Ginny together! It is the
actual *execution* that was just...awful awful AWFUL (details refer to my last post)!
Especially after finding out the authorial intend in her interview, shessh JKR if THAT is
what you meant to portray, boy that was just pure bad writing. Maybe problems are bound
to arise when author tried too hard to make Ginny to be this totally, perfectly ideal
'love of Harry's life', too 'custom made to fit'...that premise already sounded shady to
begin with. And she failed miserably in my book. 

> David:
> I don't care really about the ships, as they're only a diversion to 
> the main plot-line of Harry vs. LV. I do agree with you that the H-G 

But is it really only a diversion? I'm not convinced of that "it's not really about ship"
thing anymore. Aren't Harry's super duper *rare* and *extraordinary* power being
L-O-V-E!? And the deepest, most important LOVE of his life is Ginny right? And readers
are being sledgehammered to read repeated advertisement (= you only read from other
characters' telling, never actually shown on pages) on how extraordinarily rare, special
(being 7th child and all) and super power Ginny is. So I can totally see it, given how
Mary-sue Ginny's been written all along, it'd only be consistent that Ginny will totally
Bat Bogey Hex (x 100% LOVE POWER) Voldemort at the end, of course not without Voldemort
commenting on what a flaming red headed hottie she is first. Wait, a perfectly ideal girl
will never steal hero's limelight despite being a complete equal to him. She'd just blind
Voldemort enough for Harry to strike the final blow - it takes two, the power of true
love alas. 

Seriously, that's why I shuddered at the end of HBP and the whole premise on LOVE power,
especially after that oh-so-noble-Harry breakup scene, gosh that was just trite and
awful. Clearly the rare and special but unexpectedly powerful Ginny is being foreshadowed
to be kidnapped by Voldemort to hurt Harry in final battle, only to realized he
underestimated the power of deep true love, and get defeated by these two together, who
symbolized the most powerful and greatest love of all. Even if I'm totally sold and
convinced by the execution of Harry/Ginny in this book, that love conquers all scenario
suggested by that breakup scene just sounded like a nightmare. That's why by the end of
HBP, Harry completely fell flat from my 'hero' expectation, he's gone totally lame (not
to mention that incredibly dumb "so much better for me, worst for him" thought about
taking out Snape, shessh, weren't you just been throwing  mosquitos bite hexes at him
like few days ago? so much *BETTER* indeed.) 

D.