[HPforGrownups] Re: Ginny VS Harry

[Shannon]

No: HPFGUIDX 135294

HunterGreen:

> I doubt that Ginny is going to be captured by Voldemort and used
> against Harry. Its possible, but its not any more likely than
> Hermione or Ron being used in that way. The main reason I'd doubt it
> is because the situation you mentioned has *already* happened. Ginny
> was already used to lure Harry to Voldemort (in CoS), why would the
> final book repeat it? If anything, the books are heading toward a
> Harry Vs. Voldemort *alone* sort of showdown (hence the death of
> Harry's father figure and his mentor in the last 2 books).

If anyone is used against Harry, it better be Hermione or Ron. I mean, 
all this time we've had the Trio tackling everything together, at least 
as much as possible.  I'd be so mad if suddenly *Ginny* assumed that 
level of importance as a character.

In fact I think that this is one of the things about HBP I didn't like. 
Ron and Hermione are relegated to background status, not even secondary 
character status.  Ron spends most of his time either snogging Lavender 
or being surly and insecure. Hermione spends most of her time being 
insufferable and obnoxious.  Really, usually Hermione is like that but 
there's enough of her other qualities that those don't grate so badly. 
She did nothing else this time around except in the very last scene at 
the end, when she finally seemed like the old Hermione again.


> I personally didn't care for the final "break-up" scene between the
> two of them either (far too 'Spider-Man' for my taste), but rather
> than foreshadowing it could have just been a way to get Ginny out of
> the picture so Harry could go it alone in book seven (since she'll be
> at hogwarts if it re-opens, I assume), and reunite with her later on.

I hated the whole Ginny subplot. As others have pointed out, it was 
badly done, even though I'd known all along that Ginny and Harry would 
get together eventually.  The break-up scene was just stupid because if 
nothing else, Ginny is still a Weasley.  Voldemort knows quite well that 
the Weasleys are Harry's adopted family. Wormtail would have told him if 
he couldn't have figured it out any other way. Any Weasley is in danger, 
and if he's particularly worried about any of them he should be thinking 
of Ron, not Ginny.

Though I have to admit, I do hold on to the hope that Ginny was gotten 
out of the way so that Harry could discover his real true love...Luna 
Lovegood. Hee!

Shannon