[HPforGrownups] Re: Why did JKR not explore H/Hr as canon?
BrwNeil at aol.com
BrwNeil at aol.com
Mon May 14 20:49:52 UTC 2007
No: HPFGUIDX 168718
In a message dated 5/14/2007 2:53:33 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
klhutch at sbcglobal.net writes:
>I was fully prepared for Ginny to be either comic relief or an
>interesting young witch. I am sorry that some (many?) find her
>"transformation" jarring. I see it only as a awestruck young girl
>growing to become a capable young woman. It only seems jarring to the
>reader because she was flying below Harry's radar until the changes
>were complete. We don't get to see anything Harry doesn't notice very
>well but there were hints all along. I just hope that they both live
>to become a couple again. They are a good match, not that Harry and
>Hermione wouldn't be a good match too.
>Ken
My problem with Ginny is that JKR never showed her changing from a groupie
to someone who liked Harry because he was Harry and not the boy who lived.
In book one she was definitely a star struck groupie and I don't think even
the most ardent H/G shipper will deny that. She is still star struck in book
two, her valentine refers to Harry as the hero who defeated the dark lord.
Remember in book four how all the girls wanted Harry to ask them to the Ball
and how in book six everyone wanted Harry to ask them to the Christmas party.
All those girls wanted Harry not for Harry, but because he was famous.
When did Ginny feelings become genuine and no longer that of a groupie. JKR has
never written anything in canon that shows this change take place. To me
Ginny is no better than Romilda Vane.
Neil
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