SHIP Harry/Ginny (was:CHPDISC: HBP14, Felix Felicis)

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No: HPFGUIDX 151914

SSSusan:  Grrrr! *kicks Yahoo!Mort*  Like everyone else, I issue 
this disclaimer: If this shows up in duplicate or triplicate, I'll 
delete.

Betsy [discussing the scene where Ron & Harry run across a snogging 
Ginny & Dean]:

> >But I don't get the level of Ginny's anger.  She was making out
> > with a guy in a hallway.  A corridor that is described as
> > a "usual shortcut up to Gryffindor Tower".  So it's not like she
> > isn't aware that she's exposing herself to comment.

Peg:
> Just guessing, of course, but maybe the level of Ginny's anger has
> to do with the fact that Harry is with Ron?  Ginny has had 
> romantic feelings for Harry since she was 10 years old, and really 
> she's only dated other boys to try to get over him.  She probably 
> does genuinely like Dean, but on some level she may feel like she's
> using him, and being confronted with the true object of her desire
> must be humiliating.


SSSusan:
I totally agree with Peg that this is likely one of the things going 
on for Ginny.  But I think the other thing which might explain the 
degree of her anger is the fact that she's sick to death of her 
brothers watching over her, commenting on whom she's dating, 
criticizing her for hopping from boy to boy, and generally (in her 
mind) interfering and treating her like a baby.

I'm the youngest of 4, with 3 brothers, and sometimes you take out 
on the LAST one to say something the cumulative annoyance you feel 
over what the OTHER two have been harping about.  You know?  I don't 
have my HBP with me at the moment, so it may be *later* than this -- 
at Christmastime? -- when Ginny gets ticked at her brothers for 
sticking their noses into her private affairs, but I think it's 
pretty safe to assume that that's been an *ongoing* annoyance for 
her.

So, place Ron here, pulling yet another Weasley Big Brother "I Know 
What's Best for You" Stunt, and add to it that it's happening in 
front of Harry, who as Peg points out, Ginny has never gotten over, 
and I can see things becoming volatile quickly.


Peg added:
> Also, she might feel that her chances with Harry will be even
> smaller if he thinks she's serious about Dean (or worse, if HE
> thinks she's a "slut.")

SSSusan:
Yep.  This, too.  Definitely. ;-)

Siriusly Snapey Susan
P.S. I now see that Ginger has addressed this as well, with more 
canon detail (thank you, dear), but as I *do* have those dratted 
older brothers, I thought I would still comment.