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

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 151916

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

Ceridwen:
It looks like it's working again.  Yay!
Peg:
> > Just guessing, of course, but maybe the level of Ginny's anger 
has to do with the fact that Harry is with Ron?  *(snip)*...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.

Ceridwen:
I recall becoming over the top as a teenager just because I was 
embarrassed.  Being caught in a clinch by an older brother who has 
been harping on just that thing would certainly do it; getting caught 
by that older brother in front of current and hoped-for boyfriends 
both would send me in, fists flying, I'm sure.  I had no older 
brothers, but I had friends who were nearly as close, and at least as 
nosey as Ron and the twins appear to be.  And, could a part of it be 
the baggage of living in a very un-private family, and in a communal 
setting like a boarding school?  Teenaged girls need privacy and I 
don't see where Ginny would find much of it either at home or at 
school.

Though, kissing in a corridor that is part of the normal traffic 
pattern isn't exactly the way to ensure privacy.  It's almost as if 
she wanted to get caught.  And when she did - remember that you 
should be careful of what you wish for - she got even more 
embarrassed.

And, she's fifth year.  Isn't that when CAPSLOCK!Harry appeared?  
This could also be the beginnings of Ginny breaking away from parents 
and such and growing into an adult.

She did not seem OTT to me, considering.  I was an emotional (train) 
wreck as a teen.  I was moved into a less-than-private setting at 
sixteen, and resented it.  And all those friends, though I loved them 
dearly, could have dropped off the face of the earth at times and I 
wouldn't have minded.  Maybe all our different reactions are just 
played against our own growing up?

Ceridwen.