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So let’s take this from the beginning, shall we? Harry first arrives at the Burrow to be welcomed
into Mrs. Weasley’s loving arms, the only mother he’s ever known. Then he gets greeted warmly
by a purring Crookshanks, which informs him of Hermione’s presence (which he seems
delighted by). The next morning he’s woken up by his best friends.
However, Harry doesn’t trust Ginny enough to inform her of the prophesy. It was foretold that
Harry would tell his “nearest and dearest”...does the future love of his life make that list? No.
How odd.
So other than being at the Burrow, no thoughts of Ginny. She does spend more time with the
Trio than usual. They all play Quidditch together: Harry and Hermione vs. the Weasley
Siblings. And at some point, Harry and Ginny share a moment as Ginny abuses poor Fleur
behind her back and calls her ‘Phlegm’ much to Harry’s amusement.
This is not the first time Ginny has spoken nasty words behind a supposed friend’s back. Last
year, she gave an unflattering review of Luna to Hermione, it’s just that then when had no hard
evidence. Here, we are witness to it. She’s a spiteful, callous girl. Catty comments spoken only
when the victim is no where in sight is not generally considered classy or, you know, nice.
As this is her Fifth Year and there was no celebration or prize, we can only assume she was not
made prefect. Too much like the twins, I guess. The summer passes quietly and soon they are
boarding the train to Hogwarts. Since Hermione and Ron must attend to their prefect duties,
Harry asks Ginny if she’d like to sit with him.
She declines the offer saying she’d like to spend time with her boyfriend, Dean. The act of
ignoring the boy once he’s finally paying some attention to you is a common ploy and cry for
attention into which many girls fall.
Though it may get his attention, in the long run if you’ve had to reduce yourself to cheap antics
to get him to notice, he probably wasn’t the guy for you in the first place.
This calls attention to herself in a new light, one Harry may not have paid any attention to before
– she’s a girl. A desirable girl other boys want to date. For some reason, humans like the idea of
some else labeling or validating things before one steps out and agrees.
For instance, it is much easier to get a story made into a movie once you’ve sold the book rights.
The publisher has given the story credit and said that it can make money, so then Hollywood
feels safer buying the rights and producing it. (That’s just a little random tidbit for you.) Or the
age old saying, women want what they can’t have – once the boy is married, everybody who
once ignored him now wants to be with him.
Every instance we see of her at school she is making a spectacle of herself in one way or another.
I.e.: touching Harry’s arm, giving him compliments, defending him, giving
permission/approval of taking Luna to Slughorn’s party, bonding with Harry during Quidditch
while Hermione is stuck alone at Slug Club gatherings (mocking her in front of him while they
laugh at how bored she must be alone), making out with Dean in a place she knows they will be
found, flying into the commentator’s box, insulting Hermione...etc.
She has no role outside of being a lustful obsession. There is no growth as a principal character.
I mean that in the sense that she doesn’t go from being a tertiary character to a primary role. Nor
does she exhibit any qualities that would show she grew as a person, no new maturity, no
compassion. She does, however, show she can play a man like a fiddle.
And maybe I’m not the only one who noticed this. After all, she was never entrusted with the
prophesy and at no point was she told of what Harry was learning with Dumbledore. Correct
me if I’m wrong, but she even delivered a message from Dumbledore to Harry about the
meetings and she still wasn’t told.
Now, isn’t that saying something. Or is that more of a subtext thing? And Lord knows if it’s not
falling from the sky imprinted on the behind of an anvil, we don’t pay any sort of attention to it,
obviously.
Never mind the subtext that was Severus Snape. Or the subtext that was Sirius before the truth
of his story was outed. Nah, that’s crazy. Anvils are where it’s at. No suspicion in that anvils are
what led everyone to think Snape was trying to kill Harry in the first book...which was proved
wrong, incidentally. But, I digress...
into Mrs. Weasley’s loving arms, the only mother he’s ever known. Then he gets greeted warmly
by a purring Crookshanks, which informs him of Hermione’s presence (which he seems
delighted by). The next morning he’s woken up by his best friends.
However, Harry doesn’t trust Ginny enough to inform her of the prophesy. It was foretold that
Harry would tell his “nearest and dearest”...does the future love of his life make that list? No.
How odd.
So other than being at the Burrow, no thoughts of Ginny. She does spend more time with the
Trio than usual. They all play Quidditch together: Harry and Hermione vs. the Weasley
Siblings. And at some point, Harry and Ginny share a moment as Ginny abuses poor Fleur
behind her back and calls her ‘Phlegm’ much to Harry’s amusement.
This is not the first time Ginny has spoken nasty words behind a supposed friend’s back. Last
year, she gave an unflattering review of Luna to Hermione, it’s just that then when had no hard
evidence. Here, we are witness to it. She’s a spiteful, callous girl. Catty comments spoken only
when the victim is no where in sight is not generally considered classy or, you know, nice.
As this is her Fifth Year and there was no celebration or prize, we can only assume she was not
made prefect. Too much like the twins, I guess. The summer passes quietly and soon they are
boarding the train to Hogwarts. Since Hermione and Ron must attend to their prefect duties,
Harry asks Ginny if she’d like to sit with him.
She declines the offer saying she’d like to spend time with her boyfriend, Dean. The act of
ignoring the boy once he’s finally paying some attention to you is a common ploy and cry for
attention into which many girls fall.
Though it may get his attention, in the long run if you’ve had to reduce yourself to cheap antics
to get him to notice, he probably wasn’t the guy for you in the first place.
This calls attention to herself in a new light, one Harry may not have paid any attention to before
– she’s a girl. A desirable girl other boys want to date. For some reason, humans like the idea of
some else labeling or validating things before one steps out and agrees.
For instance, it is much easier to get a story made into a movie once you’ve sold the book rights.
The publisher has given the story credit and said that it can make money, so then Hollywood
feels safer buying the rights and producing it. (That’s just a little random tidbit for you.) Or the
age old saying, women want what they can’t have – once the boy is married, everybody who
once ignored him now wants to be with him.
Every instance we see of her at school she is making a spectacle of herself in one way or another.
I.e.: touching Harry’s arm, giving him compliments, defending him, giving
permission/approval of taking Luna to Slughorn’s party, bonding with Harry during Quidditch
while Hermione is stuck alone at Slug Club gatherings (mocking her in front of him while they
laugh at how bored she must be alone), making out with Dean in a place she knows they will be
found, flying into the commentator’s box, insulting Hermione...etc.
She has no role outside of being a lustful obsession. There is no growth as a principal character.
I mean that in the sense that she doesn’t go from being a tertiary character to a primary role. Nor
does she exhibit any qualities that would show she grew as a person, no new maturity, no
compassion. She does, however, show she can play a man like a fiddle.
And maybe I’m not the only one who noticed this. After all, she was never entrusted with the
prophesy and at no point was she told of what Harry was learning with Dumbledore. Correct
me if I’m wrong, but she even delivered a message from Dumbledore to Harry about the
meetings and she still wasn’t told.
Now, isn’t that saying something. Or is that more of a subtext thing? And Lord knows if it’s not
falling from the sky imprinted on the behind of an anvil, we don’t pay any sort of attention to it,
obviously.
Never mind the subtext that was Severus Snape. Or the subtext that was Sirius before the truth
of his story was outed. Nah, that’s crazy. Anvils are where it’s at. No suspicion in that anvils are
what led everyone to think Snape was trying to kill Harry in the first book...which was proved
wrong, incidentally. But, I digress...
It is important to note that even when sequestered at the Burrow for the larger part pf the
summer holiday Ginny is still ignored in preference to the Trio. Oh, they do spend time all four
of them together playing Quidditch and eating their meals. But she never becomes inseparable,
never breaks through the walls, never gets any closer to them then ‘little sister.’
There really isn’t much of her until after Harry’s been sitting in front of Amortentia for an hour
and then sniffs her perfume and realizes she smells like the flowers he had in his room at the
Burrow. And even then, he only really notices her when she is around. When she comes up to
him to touch his arm, to speak to him, to grab his attention, he very rarely wonders what she is
doing on her own or even seeks her out. Strange behaviour for boy in love, or even in a fair
amount of lust for that matter.
In this book she becomes more of an obsession for Harry, not even the conscious Harry, more
the hormonal ragings of his curious and overwrought subconscious. Fixating on her relieves
him of having to deal with the real issues at hand: his lack of preparation/knowledge to face
Voldemort and the still recent death of Sirius.
He even admits as much to her when they break up. She was a distraction, like living a dream of
someone else’s life...A distraction, an escape, but never the reality, never the future. After all,
dreams may be nice, but you can’t live a fantasy; you can’t live in the escape.
summer holiday Ginny is still ignored in preference to the Trio. Oh, they do spend time all four
of them together playing Quidditch and eating their meals. But she never becomes inseparable,
never breaks through the walls, never gets any closer to them then ‘little sister.’
There really isn’t much of her until after Harry’s been sitting in front of Amortentia for an hour
and then sniffs her perfume and realizes she smells like the flowers he had in his room at the
Burrow. And even then, he only really notices her when she is around. When she comes up to
him to touch his arm, to speak to him, to grab his attention, he very rarely wonders what she is
doing on her own or even seeks her out. Strange behaviour for boy in love, or even in a fair
amount of lust for that matter.
In this book she becomes more of an obsession for Harry, not even the conscious Harry, more
the hormonal ragings of his curious and overwrought subconscious. Fixating on her relieves
him of having to deal with the real issues at hand: his lack of preparation/knowledge to face
Voldemort and the still recent death of Sirius.
He even admits as much to her when they break up. She was a distraction, like living a dream of
someone else’s life...A distraction, an escape, but never the reality, never the future. After all,
dreams may be nice, but you can’t live a fantasy; you can’t live in the escape.
Dating Harry
Aside from a public kiss and a subsequent walk around the lake, their relationship consists of
her leaning back against his legs as she tells him about the rumors she’s spread about them.
She pretends to seem irritated by all the school jabber about their relationship, but in the end
confesses that she’s fueling the gossip (so it must not bother her all that much).
Aside from a public kiss and a subsequent walk around the lake, their relationship consists of
her leaning back against his legs as she tells him about the rumors she’s spread about them.
She pretends to seem irritated by all the school jabber about their relationship, but in the end
confesses that she’s fueling the gossip (so it must not bother her all that much).
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- She did not cry, she simply looked at him.
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I could go through this chapter-by-chapter, but I won’t we have the Summentary for that and as
you can see there, Ginny really only comes about when she’s physically present or Harry’s
rambling about some torrid daydream.
There is never any talk of how well they know each other, what good friends they are, how close
they’ve become over the summer. They don’t really know each other at all. And that seems very
sad to me.
Ginny deserves someone who will love her for who she is, not some hormone ravaged boy who
thinks he’s about to die and better jump at any chance of snogging he can get before he’s snuffed.
Harry deserves someone who loves him for the grumpy little brooder that he is, not someone
who idolizes him in blind hero-worship.
Neither of them have that in this pairing, neither of them match – they are not equals.
Evidence you ask for...and I shall provide, or more accurately...JK will provide. Just before we
get into all that, let me just pose the question: who is it Harry chooses to confide in all the
information he learns about Tom Riddle and his Horcruxes?
Why it’s Ron and Hermione, of course! Harry, at every given opportunity, chooses everyone
except Ginny. Now, tell me, how could you willingly subject this poor girl to a lifetime of being
second rate and chosen last?
you can see there, Ginny really only comes about when she’s physically present or Harry’s
rambling about some torrid daydream.
There is never any talk of how well they know each other, what good friends they are, how close
they’ve become over the summer. They don’t really know each other at all. And that seems very
sad to me.
Ginny deserves someone who will love her for who she is, not some hormone ravaged boy who
thinks he’s about to die and better jump at any chance of snogging he can get before he’s snuffed.
Harry deserves someone who loves him for the grumpy little brooder that he is, not someone
who idolizes him in blind hero-worship.
Neither of them have that in this pairing, neither of them match – they are not equals.
Evidence you ask for...and I shall provide, or more accurately...JK will provide. Just before we
get into all that, let me just pose the question: who is it Harry chooses to confide in all the
information he learns about Tom Riddle and his Horcruxes?
Why it’s Ron and Hermione, of course! Harry, at every given opportunity, chooses everyone
except Ginny. Now, tell me, how could you willingly subject this poor girl to a lifetime of being
second rate and chosen last?
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- ...“Three dementor attacks in a week, and all Romilda Vane
- ...
- “I told her it’s a Hungarian Horntail,” said Ginny, turning a
And she makes sure to mention how socially conscious she’s become. So aware of what’s
actually happening in the world for the first time in the book. “Look, Harry, aren’t I perfect?
Pretty, athletic and now intelligent too! Cause I totally know what’s like really important.”
But I guess it’s about time someone remembered that there’s a frickin’ war going on that directly
involves them all.
They spend all their time as the FabFour hanging around Hogwarts grounds until OWLs pull
Ginny away from the gang.
This is the time Harry cherishes most. This calm peace with his friends before the storm. This
brief fantasy of tranquility before the drums of war beat their way through the gates of their
haven.
I really have to apologize. I thought there would be more. But, no, that’s it. At a maximum, their
relationship lasted 4 weeks, but it seems more like two. And in all this time they have together,
all this love that blossoms between them, this relationship that means so much to Harry...we
don’t see a bit of it. We’re not let in at all. And yet I should believe its love enough to last them
through a year of separation, a year of brutal war, and for the rest of their lives?
Well, where’s the proof they even talk to each other, know each other at all. Does she know him
as well as Hermione does? Does he laugh with her as much as he does with Ron? Does she keep
him on track or lead him astray? All the proof of their interactions prior to this romantic
entanglement seems to point to the contrary.
I mean, let’s look at all Ginny’s done since her major appearance in Book 2, shall we? She didn’t
confess her suspicions about the book, tried to handle it herself by flushing the book down a
toilet and then ransacking the Second Year boys’ dorm to steal it back from Harry so he wouldn’
t learn the truth. She’s never even thanked Harry for saving her life.
Third Year...she giggles with Hermione as Molly tells them about brewing love potions. Umm...
yeah, that it. No support or help of any kind, emotional or otherwise.
Fourth Year...she is Hermione’s confidant, and keeps the secret of Hermione’s date’s identity.
Accepts the invite to attend the Ball with Neville just so she could go, but then is nearly sick
when it comes out she might have been able to go with Harry after all, because Harry was
basically being a pig.
So wouldn’t she have been lucky, being Harry’s last resort, not even the smallest option on his
list for consideration. Fourth Year we learn, if we didn’t have an idea of it before, that Ginny has
no self-respect.
Fifth Year...she throws a mean bat-bogey hex at Malfoy apparently causing enough chaos in
Umbridge’s office effectively allowing the gang to break free and meet up with Harry and
Hermione in the Forest. So she garners herself a point there. But then is utterly useless and a
liability in the Department of Mysteries.
Sixth Year...she picks on other people, including her brother and Hermione (her one-time best
girl friend), she flies into the commentator’s box in a desperate cry for attention, rebuffs
Harry’s attempt at sustaining their closer friendship that developed over the summer, implants
the idea that Molly wants Tonks to marry Bill (which couldn’t be more wrong)...oh, and once
again she reminds everyone that she was once possessed by Voldemort. (This is the second time
in two different books her possession is mentioned. I used to think that was significant, that it
would come into play again, but apparently it was just another cry for attention.)
In Weasley Wizarding Wheezes, her brothers start in on her about her rumored FIVE
boyfriends. She shrugs it off, saying there
hasn’t been that many. This entire conversation takes place right in front of Harry, and he is
totally unfazed by it.
It is only after he’s spent a whole lesson in front of Armortentia, sniffing treacle tart, broomsticks
and a flowery scent he smelled at the burrow, and then catches a whiff of
Ginny’s perfume...actually no, scratch that, its after he connects the smell of flowers on her to the
one from the burrow (just a hint, but check back to Chapter 5 if you really want to know where
the flowery scent comes from) and then stumbles upon what I am convinced is her staged make-
out session with Dean, that he is overcome with lust.
Totally and completely staged, think about it: Who snogs their boyfriend in a hallway you know
your brother and the boy you’re really attracted to will be passing through in just a moment
because they were right behind you the entire way from the pitch accidentally? Like you weren’t
damn positive you’d get caught.
Aside from a lot of trash behavior I guess you can excuse as being a hormonally ravaged
teenager (I call it having no character), Ginny doesn’t have much of a presence. And really, if
you expected me to believe that this relationship was the best thing in Harry’s life you’d have to
do a bit more work convincing me. At the very least, step up her character so it’s on par with the
Trio.
I mean, we were there every step of the way with Cho (save the kiss). This time round, we get no
information (except the kiss). I guess I was too lucky to have been spared both of two evils that I
got stuck with the vomit inducing one instead of the lesser.
Actually, their kiss wasn’t half as nauseating as what happened between my Hermione and...I’m
not even going to say his name. That one, in all honesty now (no exaggerations or hysteria),
made me sick to my stomach. There might have been a chance I could like Ginny with Harry.
Except that I just don’t buy it. It’s random and there isn’t any supporting evidence (other than a
sudden case of the chest monster).
So in summation, Ginny does absolutely nothing of value, experiences no growth as a person,
displays no new progression of character - in fact, shows more regression than anything else -
and winds up landing the most eligible bachelor in the Wizarding World. What kind of moral is
that?
actually happening in the world for the first time in the book. “Look, Harry, aren’t I perfect?
Pretty, athletic and now intelligent too! Cause I totally know what’s like really important.”
But I guess it’s about time someone remembered that there’s a frickin’ war going on that directly
involves them all.
They spend all their time as the FabFour hanging around Hogwarts grounds until OWLs pull
Ginny away from the gang.
This is the time Harry cherishes most. This calm peace with his friends before the storm. This
brief fantasy of tranquility before the drums of war beat their way through the gates of their
haven.
I really have to apologize. I thought there would be more. But, no, that’s it. At a maximum, their
relationship lasted 4 weeks, but it seems more like two. And in all this time they have together,
all this love that blossoms between them, this relationship that means so much to Harry...we
don’t see a bit of it. We’re not let in at all. And yet I should believe its love enough to last them
through a year of separation, a year of brutal war, and for the rest of their lives?
Well, where’s the proof they even talk to each other, know each other at all. Does she know him
as well as Hermione does? Does he laugh with her as much as he does with Ron? Does she keep
him on track or lead him astray? All the proof of their interactions prior to this romantic
entanglement seems to point to the contrary.
I mean, let’s look at all Ginny’s done since her major appearance in Book 2, shall we? She didn’t
confess her suspicions about the book, tried to handle it herself by flushing the book down a
toilet and then ransacking the Second Year boys’ dorm to steal it back from Harry so he wouldn’
t learn the truth. She’s never even thanked Harry for saving her life.
Third Year...she giggles with Hermione as Molly tells them about brewing love potions. Umm...
yeah, that it. No support or help of any kind, emotional or otherwise.
Fourth Year...she is Hermione’s confidant, and keeps the secret of Hermione’s date’s identity.
Accepts the invite to attend the Ball with Neville just so she could go, but then is nearly sick
when it comes out she might have been able to go with Harry after all, because Harry was
basically being a pig.
So wouldn’t she have been lucky, being Harry’s last resort, not even the smallest option on his
list for consideration. Fourth Year we learn, if we didn’t have an idea of it before, that Ginny has
no self-respect.
Fifth Year...she throws a mean bat-bogey hex at Malfoy apparently causing enough chaos in
Umbridge’s office effectively allowing the gang to break free and meet up with Harry and
Hermione in the Forest. So she garners herself a point there. But then is utterly useless and a
liability in the Department of Mysteries.
Sixth Year...she picks on other people, including her brother and Hermione (her one-time best
girl friend), she flies into the commentator’s box in a desperate cry for attention, rebuffs
Harry’s attempt at sustaining their closer friendship that developed over the summer, implants
the idea that Molly wants Tonks to marry Bill (which couldn’t be more wrong)...oh, and once
again she reminds everyone that she was once possessed by Voldemort. (This is the second time
in two different books her possession is mentioned. I used to think that was significant, that it
would come into play again, but apparently it was just another cry for attention.)
In Weasley Wizarding Wheezes, her brothers start in on her about her rumored FIVE
boyfriends. She shrugs it off, saying there
hasn’t been that many. This entire conversation takes place right in front of Harry, and he is
totally unfazed by it.
It is only after he’s spent a whole lesson in front of Armortentia, sniffing treacle tart, broomsticks
and a flowery scent he smelled at the burrow, and then catches a whiff of
Ginny’s perfume...actually no, scratch that, its after he connects the smell of flowers on her to the
one from the burrow (just a hint, but check back to Chapter 5 if you really want to know where
the flowery scent comes from) and then stumbles upon what I am convinced is her staged make-
out session with Dean, that he is overcome with lust.
Totally and completely staged, think about it: Who snogs their boyfriend in a hallway you know
your brother and the boy you’re really attracted to will be passing through in just a moment
because they were right behind you the entire way from the pitch accidentally? Like you weren’t
damn positive you’d get caught.
Aside from a lot of trash behavior I guess you can excuse as being a hormonally ravaged
teenager (I call it having no character), Ginny doesn’t have much of a presence. And really, if
you expected me to believe that this relationship was the best thing in Harry’s life you’d have to
do a bit more work convincing me. At the very least, step up her character so it’s on par with the
Trio.
I mean, we were there every step of the way with Cho (save the kiss). This time round, we get no
information (except the kiss). I guess I was too lucky to have been spared both of two evils that I
got stuck with the vomit inducing one instead of the lesser.
Actually, their kiss wasn’t half as nauseating as what happened between my Hermione and...I’m
not even going to say his name. That one, in all honesty now (no exaggerations or hysteria),
made me sick to my stomach. There might have been a chance I could like Ginny with Harry.
Except that I just don’t buy it. It’s random and there isn’t any supporting evidence (other than a
sudden case of the chest monster).
So in summation, Ginny does absolutely nothing of value, experiences no growth as a person,
displays no new progression of character - in fact, shows more regression than anything else -
and winds up landing the most eligible bachelor in the Wizarding World. What kind of moral is
that?
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