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

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 151953

> Betsy Hp:
> But, if you'd never read a single interview and had to base your 
> judgement of Ginny soley on what you've read in the books, doesn't 
> it seem that she's not fiery, she's out and out angry?  I mean, she 
> nearly *cries* in the hallway scene.  That's anger.  Major, major 
> anger.
> 
> I'm just wondering if Ginny has been placed on too high a pedestal 
> by JKR's declaration that she's "Harry's perfect girl".  

Pippin:
Wait, wait, wait. When did "Harry's perfect girl" get translated into
"faultless paragon"? IMO, Ginny is supposed to be "perfect" not in
the sense that she's flawless, but in that her flaws are understood
and accepted by Harry. *He's* not turned off by her anger, far 
from it. That may be one of the reasons JKR decided to show 
us angry Ginny. 

Harry could never understand it when Cho was
angry, and Hermione's anger scares him to death -- how many
times has he held something back for fear of her reaction? But
Ginny's anger is utterly comprehensible to him and not scary --
she doesn't cry or nag or do something sneaky, she just gets loud
and physical. Harry has loads of experience dealing with that --
it's, well, it's the Dursley school of anger management,
and Harry has a graduate degree.

By dating other boys, Ginny was able to determine that
her feelings for Harry were real, different from the way she
felt about other boys, and more than physical. But I agree with
everyone who said that she hadn't visualized being told
she was making herself cheap by her own brother in front
of the young man she had special feelings for. Also, though
Harry tries to say that Ron didn't mean it, the chest monster
was roaring its approval and being Harry's perfect girl,
Ginny no doubt picked up on that. Of course she was beside
herself, who wouldn't be? 

Naturally she takes out her anger at herself  on other people--
that's something everyone in this book does. Our
young heroes have to learn to take responsibility for their
failures and  accept  that just because a consequence was
unintended doesn't mean someone else is to blame for it. 

That's  for book 7, I think.

Pippin