Ginny's Sigificance as a Female

[gelite67]

No: HPFGUIDX 129340

I can think of two reasons why we needed a female Weasley character:

1) Not to get into a shipping argument, but if Ginny is to be Harry's 
girlfriend, then the reason she must be a girl is obvious, since 
Harry 
seems to prefer girls.  

But why a Weasley?  Why not any other girl?  

I don't have a firm, convincing answer to this, but I would think 
that trust would be a big issue with Harry, and it is easier for him 
to trust a Weasley.  He is beginning to really know/trust Ginny's 
character.  He knows and respects her family (well, except for 
Percy).  

Aside from Hermione, Harry has spent more time with Ginny than any 
other girl (even Cho).  He can see she has backbone; she has dealt 
with exasperating older brothers all her life and apparently often 
come out on the better end.  Ginny doesn't cry at the drop of a hat; 
she didn't dissolve into tears when SHE broke up with Micheal Corner; 
she toughed it out without crying when she was injured at the MOM.  

Also, she has competence to handle tough situations.  We knew very 
little about Cho's magical abilities.  We're learning more and more 
about Ginny's all the time.  

So, Harry's girlfriend didn't have to be a Weasley, but I 
think it will make it easier for him to trust/rely on her as a 
girlfriend because she is a Weasley.

2) Tom Riddle's diary.  Obviously, Ginny did not have to be the one 
to get the diary in order for Riddle to use it to return, but it 
seems that the chances of the diary "working" would be greater if it 
came to be in the possession of a girl.  Apparently, the person in 
possession of the diary had to write in the diary before Riddle could 
reply.  More young girls than boys keep diaries.  Hence, the diary 
went to a girl -- a young, impressionable girl, who needed a friend 
to confide in.

But why a Weasley girl?  Why not any young, impressionable girl? 
Because the diary and the COS incidents were also an attempt to 
discredit Arthur Weasley's Muggle Protection Act.

There are probably other reasons, but these were the obvious ones to 
me.

Others, anyone?

Angie