Harry, Ginny and physical affection

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No: HPFGUIDX 135301

<lfreeman at m...> wrote: 
I think Harry is 
> drawing great comfort from the physical aspect of the relationship; 
not surprising considering 
> he's lacked physical affection all of his life.  

Joj writes:
But there's no way to know that, except for the "last few weeks have 
been a dream" line.  We'd all like to believe that, and it's 
apparantly true, but we've seen Harry mistreated so much, why 
couldn't we see Harry take comfort and feel contented like never 
before during a hug with his lady love?  Is that really too much to 
ask?  

 
> True, Harry does not yet have the long-term, share-everything bond 
with Ginny that he does 
> with Ron and Hermione.  But that is not all his doing; it's DD who 
has told him to share the full 
> prophecy and the Horcrux story only with R & H.  


Joj:
Actually, Dumbledore didn't do this, J K Rowling did this.  Why has 
she set it up this way? 


<drjuliehoward at y...> wrote: 
> I think this is because of the genre in which she is writing the 
> books.  It is a mystery/fantasy genre, not a romance genre.  I do 
> expect very little in the way of romance in the HP series, and what 
> little I do expect is more along the lines of teenage angst for 
> character development.


Well, I wish we'd have gotten very little in the way of romance in 
this book, if this is the way it's to be written.  I had a feeling 
from the way she wrote the kiss with Cho (heard about, not seen) that 
Jo might not be up to the task.  She's a brilliant writer, but I pray 
she never tries to write a romance.

Joj