Ginny in HBP and a little SHIP Harry/Ginny WAS: Re: First potions lesson

[kchuplis]

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> Magpie:
> 
> God I hated that scene.  I think I dropped the book in annoyance.  
> H/G had been already so heavily foreshadowed did we really need 
> Harry to have to follow his nose to the Special Ginny Flowery 
Smell? 

You know, I just don't get why some people even read this series if 
such things annoy them let alone spend any amount of time talking 
about them. You *hated* that scene? I didn't feel that any of the 
Harry and Ginny stuff was heavily over shadowed. I guess I'm just 
dimwitted or something. I hear people yelling about how it came out 
of nowhere as well as now you saying it was all so heavy handed and I 
have to wonder if I am reading the same series as everyone else. It's 
interesting because as I said I thought that little connector was 
particularly well done.

> 
> Not that I wanted lots of emphasis on teen romance in HBP (I had a 
> hard enough time getting through what we had), but I did have to 
> laugh at the way the romance had to be handled exactly like the 
> other Junior Mysteries.  Making it clear that Ginny's the most 
> amazing girl on the planet was enough reason to figure out that she 
> was right for Harry.
> 

I don't see Ginny as the most amazing girl in the world. Spunky, yes. 
Witty, yes. A decent athlete. What is so "amazing" about her? She 
just seems fun. Was she supposed to be a complete dweeb? Please tell 
me what you read that makes her so amazing aside from she puts out a 
good Bat Bogey Hex? I just don't understand this antipathy. 

> (And just for the record, yes, I always considered Ginny to have a 
> perfectly strong personality outside of having a crush on Harry and 
> no, I did not buy the change between GoF and OotP.  I preferred the 
> personality she had before the "real one.")
> 
> 
>

What was the "change"?? I have now read these books three times and I 
do not see this huge character discrepancy some of you refer to. 
Please show me some canon where Ginny has undergone some gigantic 
personality change because I just don't see it and I'd really like 
some help on where this is written. Some dialogue, some exposition 
from the books, just something to help me see your point of view.

kchuplis