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

[Geoff]

No: HPFGUIDX 192095


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Lynda Cordova <lynde4 at ...> wrote:

Lynda:
> As far as whether or not Harry knew she would join the fight, I think he
> did, because Harry knew Ginny. He knew how she would react. His words, I
> think were desparate ones, but he knew, down deep, what she would do.
> Sorry. I still see no betrayal on her part. The room was not needed for
> it's former purpose of allowing passage at that time.

Geoff:
I still think he didn't expect her to ignore his instructions. The fact 
remains that she went gallivanting off wanting her bit of the action
regardless of knowing that Harry was concerned about her therefore 
creating a situation where Harry's focus was being dragged away 
from the battle. This was either incredibly selfish or plain downright 
stupidity.

In the final quote I highlighted in my last post, the first thing that 
Harry wants to know when he returns from the Room of Requirement 
is the whereabouts of Ginny. Within a couple of minutes his worry is 
reinforced when the wall is brought down and Fred is killed. Everyone 
is a potential target.

I agree with Crescent. Ginny was not consciously betraying Harry but 
effectively doing so by default.