Re: Ginny's love will save harry

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Personally, I don't think Ginny will die. She is such a major part
of
Harry's life that I don't think Rowling would kill her off. But
then
again, I always found her character to be stubborn and annoying. I
can't
wait fo book 7 to come out!


Major part? As I recall, they've exchanged all of 10 sentences in
the books, if that. She's been tacked on as surely as Eeyore's
tail.


You must be reading different books from me.
At first years, probably they didn't have a relationship except Ron's
friend/Ron's little sister. A simple "hi, Ginny", "bye, Ginny". Mostly
because Ginny was terrified about talking to him and Harry not seeing
her as someone too important (despited the fact that he was probably
fond of her as being his mate's little sister). Eventually, Ginny
became most secure about herself and she didn't mind to talk to a
Harry who saw her like a sister too while they lived together at the
Burrow and Grimmauld Place. Remember that Ginny was who helped Harry
in OotP (but I don't remember how!!!: the chocolate episode!)

Then they started dating. They talked: even Harry indicated the spent
at least one memorable evening at the lake. And I am sure he didn't
only mean the snogging.
Yes, but how much dialogue was in the books? I don't have the books
here in front of me, and I haven't read them since each individual
release, but I don't recall much dialogue between the two (or words
spoken by Ginny in general). You allude to a similar experience with
the help given by Ginny in OotP: we remember she was there, but we
don't remember what she did (or said). If that's not indicative of a
character being tacked on, I don't know what is.

NOt according to the author, but what does she know, compared with
someone who has read the books ONCE?

So your experience is different than mine? Or are you just going to take
Jo's word for it and ignore the fact that NOTHING Ginny does, other than
kiss Harry, stands out too terribly? Maybe book 7 will be different, but
thus far, I see what I see.




What you see isn't what she wrote.

So you say. You've given little evidence to support your position.

I thought that Ginny was quite ignored in one of the books (Don't recall
which at the moment), so I went through it and found that she was
frequently around, and often contributed more the conversations than I had
thought.

Doesn't make her a major character--consider that most of what she says
could be said by anyone. Give me one example of anything significant she's
done other than kiss Harry (and be possessed by Tom Riddle in CoS). Best
yet, do it from memory--one could undoubtedly comb through the books and
say, there she is, and there she is again, but she's done little to make her
stand out from the rest of the crowd. I'm not opposed to the Ginny & Harry
thing, I like it, but to say she's a major character is a pretty big
stretch. Even in CoS, she doesn't figure largely. It's Harry, and the diary
and the weird things happening and good old Gilderoy Lockhart--thus far
she's been little more than a literary device.

I expect her to be not only important to book 7, but pivotal.

I expect her to have a larger part in book 7, too, but that's not what we're
talking about. Further, if she is pivotal, it'll be a big break from the
books thus far.

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