Sevens/What's next for Harry?

[secca_pk]

No: HPFGUIDX 159576

> Geoff wrote:

> I'm not also sure that he will marry Ginny.  Not so long ago, I 
suggested in a > post that he might want to remain a bachelor at 
least for the time being; many UK folk today do not marry – or get 
involved with partners – until they are well into their twenties.
> 
> Again, Harry has never come across as being a ladies' man. He 
tends to be a loner and think of what "Witch Weekly" would have to 
print about dark-haired, fascinating, handsome, brooding and 
eligible Harry Potter! 
> Perhaps I say this because I'm not much of a Ginny fan as far as a 
suitable match for him.
> 
> <Ducks to avoid blizzard of Howlers from HP/GW shippers and runs>

Secca adds:

It is okay, I'm not a shipper, don't run!!! (I am *firmly* in the 
Harry will live camp though.)

But I do believe that Harry will end up with Ginny... because *Jo* 
feels that Ginny is his soul-mate...

JK Rowling said, in her Interview with Mugglenet & Leaky Cauldron's 
Emerson & Melissa: 

/QUOTE/JKR: Well, no, not really, because the plan was, which I 
really hope I fulfilled, is that the reader, like Harry, would 
gradually discover Ginny as pretty much the ideal girl for Harry. 
She's tough, not in an unpleasant way, but she's gutsy. He needs to 
be with someone who can stand the demands of being with Harry 
Potter, because he's a scary boyfriend in a lot of ways. He's a 
marked man. I think she's funny, and I think that she's very warm 
and compassionate. These are all things that Harry requires in his 
ideal woman. But, I felt — and I'm talking years ago when all this 
was planned — initially, she's terrified by his image. I mean, he's 
a bit of a rock god to her when she sees him first, at 10 or 11, and 
he's this famous boy. So Ginny had to go through a journey as well. 
And rather like with Ron, I didn't want Ginny to be the first girl 
that Harry ever kissed. That's something I meant to say, and it's 
kind of tied in.

One of the ways in which I tried to show that Harry has done a lot 
of growing up — in "Phoenix," remember when Cho comes into the 
compartment, and he thinks, `I wish I could have been discovered 
sitting with better people,' basically? He's with Luna and Neville. 
So literally the identical thing happens in "Prince," and he's with 
Luna and Neville again, but this time, he has grown up, and as far 
as he's concerned he is with two of the coolest people on the train. 
They may not look that cool. Harry has really grown. And I feel that 
Ginny and Harry, in this book, they are total equals. They are 
worthy of each other. They've both gone through a big emotional 
journey, and they've really got over a lot of delusions, to use your 
word, together. So, I enjoyed writing that. I really like Ginny as a 
character. /End of Quote/

Secca Again:

As you said, though, they may have a long engagement... I expect all 
of that to happen Out of Book regardless, and simply be glossed in 
the Epilouge. 

Now, as to how I personally feel about Ginny? I rather dislike the 
actress who portrays her in the films, and I realized this was 
coloring my view of Ginny in the books. On my last re-read, I 
realized I quite like her, especially in OotP. I like when she flat 
out lies to her mother about the dungbombs in OoTP.. I like 
her "Well that was a bit stupid.." remark when Harry is thinking he 
is Possessed by Voldemort in OotP... etc.

*Not* being a shipper, I was ambivilant when they actually got 
together in HBP, but happy for Harry...