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

[zgirnius]

No: HPFGUIDX 151981

> Betsy Hp:
> So, yeah, Ginny dated boys she wasn't in love with.  I don't think 
> that's the same thing as prostitution.  And I also don't think she 
> purposefully chose boys that would annoy Harry (unlike Hermione) so 
> I don't see Ginny as being coldly calculating.  She just attempted 
> to live like Harry wasn't important.  It was dishonest but not 
> horrible.
>
zgirnius:
I find even dishonest too strong a word, I'd call it 'realistic' 
or 'practical'. Ginny is not aware of the fact that she is a 
character in a series of books, and that she will inevitably end up 
with Harry, their hero, because she is the author's perfect girl for 
him. In other words, she has to face the possibility that Harry will 
NEVER be interested in her in that way. Should she pine for the rest 
of her life, to stay 'honest'? She has already waited what, three 
years, by the end of GoF? (I think she and Neville went to the Yule 
Ball 'as friends'.) A very long time, for a preteen/teenager.

At a certain point, you just have to live your life. Dating others is 
a healthy step in the direction of trying to 'get over it'. (I'm 
thinking of advice given to widowed spouses grieving for their loved 
ones. While they are even more unattainable, obviously, I think the 
same principle holds. After a certain point, part of getting on with 
one's life is getting back to living it fully, even if one still 
feels one will never be able to feel the same about anyone but the 
deceased.) If Harry does come around before then, great. And if not, 
perhaps one boyfriend or the next, will turn into something 
more 'serious'.