Exactly! There! That is what JKR should have done! Given us more about her. She shouldn't have to be someone Harry likes in the first book, or something like that, but she should have been mentioned more often. JKR could have even worked with the 'I have a crush on Harry' idea and still given us enough Harry and Ginny time to be satisfied.

Harry and Ginny could have been real friends from before. Ginny could have had the same character status as her brother and Hermione. She could have been more involved. Then, maybe I could see it. Maybe I could understand it.

But. She. Was. Hardly. There.

So the idea of Harry and Ginny is inconceivable!



Oh, yeah.The old Ginny was much better She pined away for Harry way too long...which was sort of creepy but she was a fangirl so you didn't mind so much. You knew, eventually she would get over it. It's normal to be crushing on a celebrity. But you know, in reality you might not get him, so you stop dreaming. I thought Ginny would come to her senses.

But no...she keeps on dreaming. Even after the break up (I still haven't read that birthday kiss scene in the book. Ugh. Ick)

Compared to Ginny, Harry's crush on Cho had way more substance. Comparing Luna's involvement in the book to Cho and Ginny, Luna had the most important role. How ironic. Ginny, whom we've somewhat known since the first book, has a lesser role than Luna, who we first see in OOtp.

And we know a lot more about Luna than we know about Ginny. Oh, the irony.



No, I wouldn't have minded Luna/Harry. Made more sense than Ginny. Luna had more pages than Ginny. Of course it would have made sense! That was my little back-up ship, if sweet Harmony did not sail.

Harry/Luna would have made much more sense of Harry/Ginny. At least we saw them connect on some kind of level in OOTP.

What kills me is that if H/Hr relationship was supossed to be understood as sibling-like only,why were there so many instances throughout the series where we saw Ron separated from them and H/Hr's relationship grew into a deeper connection? We're supossed to take what Harry said at face value that he's never had any romantic feelings towards her and he "reckons" she has none for him. Well then there was no need to have a paragraph long description of how she looked in her Yule Ball gown in GOF,because otherwise he was staring at his "sister" a little too hard,if he only loves her as a "brother". What the hell was that all about? If anything he should have noticed how pretty Ginny must have looked in her gown,if JKR wanted to prepare her readers that H/G would eventually become a couple. She wouldn't have had to over do it,but at least let Ginny gain a small build up for HBP,instead of throwing it at us on the spot.

I know focusing on the trio was always at the forefront,but if Hermione doesn't mean anything more to Harry than a good friend,how she looked in her gown was irrelevant. While he never considers pursuing her as a love interest,I find it strange that they were continually placed in situations together that showed how well they worked not only as partners,but how it seemed only they could communicate with eachother in a way no one else could. So I'm more than a little confused by the time I get to the epilouge of DH,where it seems they're acting almost like strangers with eachother. What we don't see is what happened in between the nineteen years to cause this apparent estragement. I would think that no matter the fact that he married Ginny and she married Ron,they would still be close friends. It's not like how Snape lost Lily's trust and we see the reason why she ended their friendship. Of course maybe seeing them not interact with eachother at train station,adds more depth to their relationship that never went further than friendship. I'll take a bittersweet ending over a OBHWF ending anyday.

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- gal-texter Jun/Jul 2008