[HPforGrownups] Ginny (was Re: Why it took Percy so long to be with the good guys.)

[Lynda Cordova]

No: HPFGUIDX 192085


> Scott:
> At the start of the Battle of Hogwarts Ginny was left in the room
> of requirement to guard their rear exit, aka keep the room set to
> that particular setting so they could escape if necessary. When
> Harry and Hermione needed into the room to find the diadem he asked
> Ginny to step out of the room. As soon as she could she ran off to
> do what she wanted leaving Harry and Hermione to be trapped by Draco
> and the Butt boys. If she had stayed where she belonged she could
> have warned Harry and Hermione of the coming problem and evened the
> odds in fighting, but no... she abandoned her post - in a battle -
> and nearly got them killed. Instead of getting what she deserved,
> she got the hero. I guess she should send the Dursleys a Thank You
> card for teaching Harry that causing harm to him means I Love You.


Lynda:
I just reread that section of DH after reading your post, Scott. It seems
to me you are under a few misapprehensions. Ginny was not in the room of
requirement to guard it. She was there because her mother would not allow
her to fight because she was underage. So, when Harry, Ron, and Hermione
asked her to step out so they could find the diadem, she did not, as you
suggest, abandon her post, she took the opportunity offered to go join the
fight. Harry knew she would, which is why he yelled after her, trying to
protect her, not to set her as a guard once more. . .Nope. No betrayal
there.