Ginny's best friend (girlfriends in HP)

[susanbones2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 150882

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "horridporrid03" 
<horridporrid03 at ...> wrote:
SNIPPED meself...

> Betsy Hp:
> I totally agree with your assesment of Hermione's and Ginny's 
> relationship.  That's exactly how I see it playing out. Sometimes 
> they hang, sometimes they don't.  And they both seem quite happy 
> with the arrangement.  And that's good.
> 
> But, what I take issue with (and I don't think this is an issue 
you 
> raised, actually), is that they're a wonderful example of two 
girls 
> who are best friends.  They're two girls who are *friends*, yes.  
> And it's a good relationship as it is.  But it pushes things to 
try 
> and claim that Hermione sees Ginny as her best friend (or vice 
> versa).
> 
Jen butting in:
Thank goodness we are on the same page! I don't think there is a 
great example of best girl friends on the front line and on the 
2ndary line (or maybe tertiary, depends on how you slice it) 
Lavender and Parvati are best friends that stick together but alas, 
JKR doesn't or hasn't the time to develop them.
 
But I fear we are getting down to figuring out how many angels can 
dance on the head of a pin in our arguments. I don't think JKR would 
hold Hermione up as a paragon of anything but book-larnin'. She 
identifies with H, and I think she has always demonstrated very 
evenly, Hermione's good qualities as well as her short-comings. And 
yes, Harry and Ron are the great friendship of this series, aren't 
they? 

You aren't picky, you are precise!
> 
 > 
> Betsy Hp, who's afraid she's being either terribly confusing or 
> terribly picky or both
>