Ginny's best friend (Was: Pansy Parkinson (Was: House characteristics))

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 150860

> Betsy Hp:
> Eh, I'm not sure I'd call it a "great friendship".  Not with Ginny 
> so clearly on outsider status.  Hermione knows *all* of Ginny's 
> secrets, but Hermione doesn't share equally with her.  We know this 
> because Ginny is so often kicked out of Trio business, and she never 
> has the expectation that Hermione will fill her in.
> 
> It's just not an equal relationship.  Ginny is too much the little 
> sister, even after she started dating Harry. (Possibly because 
> Hermione feels she "arranged" for Ginny to land Harry?)
> 

Pippin:

These aren't the ordinary kind of teenage secrets...they're things that
Dumbledore  and other adults don't expect to be discussed with anyone
but Ron and Hermione.  Anybody who works with other people's secrets 
has things they  can't share with their friends, no matter how close 
they are. 

There's an awful lot of Hermione's time that she doesn't spend with the
two boys. They've never been in her dorm and Harry and Ron don't
hang out in the library unless they've got a research project. So we
can't really say that Ginny never hangs with Hermione. 

Betsy HP
 Ginny is there when Hermione needs her, but she can be quite 
safely booted when Hermione is playing with her same-age friends.

Pippin:
That's the thing. Hermione isn't playing with Ron and Harry -- 
 -- Sirius, the Tri-wizard Tournament, the Voldemort war
and the horcrux hunt are not games.

Pippin