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Ginny Weasley - Character Profile
Personal History In the first book, Ginny plays a tiny role, hardly consequential to the main story, yet she is the first female character of Harry's generation that he meets. Already there are hints of romantic interest between the two - even if it is just a starstruck crush upon the boy who lived - and from then on Ginny disappears from the plot, to reappear later in the second book of the series. From this first meeting we gain a lot of the known information on Ginny Weasley up to Book Four. She is the youngest of the Weasleys, she is doted on by her mother and appears to act much younger than her age (holding Molly's hand, crying when her brothers pull away from the station on the Hogwarts express...). In Chamber of Secrets, Ginny has come to Hogwarts for her first year, with a seemingly intensified crush on Harry. We are told that she normally "never shuts up" but is unable to talk or act normally in front of Harry. She flushes red and places her elbows in any butterdishes that happen to be lying around when he is within close proximity - but Harry does not tease her for or even acknowledge these embarrassing actions, which is rather mature and gentlemanly of him. She demonstrates part of the fearlessness and bravery that landed her in the house of Gryffindor during the early scenes of CoS, notably when she defends Harry in Flourish and Blotts against the always trouble-picking Draco Malfoy. "Leave him alone, he didn't want all that!" [CoS] clearly shows the reader that Ginny Weasley is more perceptive and has a better understanding of Harry than most people realise. At her age, and with the tiny amount of interaction between the two - this is quite a surprising bit of insight. However, Ginny then becomes secretive, quiet, withdrawn, and with good reason - for the majority of the book she is under the possession of Lord Voldemort and does his bidding as the Chamber of Secrets is opened and students are attacked. PoA features very little of Ginny Weasley as well, we do catch occasional glimpses of her, reminding us that she exists and so does her crush (as always). This stretch of silence continues well into GoF, until the infamous Yule Ball rolls around and Ron asks Fleur to go with him. Her character is revealed to be caring, sensitive, yet also containing a sense of humour as she comforts him. Not only that, she refuses the opportunity to go to the ball with Harry in favour of Neville, who unfortunately asked her first and whose offer was accepted. Surely this shows the moralistic nature of Ginny's character. OOTP brought to light a brand new view of Ginny Weasley, showering us all with tidbits of who she really is, without the blindfold of her immense crush on Harry. Having "given up" on him, she is now able to speak to him naturally, and proves to be a girl who is not only smart, funny and witty but wise and empathetic. There are certain incidents in the book that reveal just how well Ginny understands Harry and how marvellously she is able to get through to him when other characters (and indeed characters who are much closer to Harry than she is) are unable to. In Book six we see Ginny much more through Harry's eyes; she is very funny, a good Quidditch player and she is usually very cheery. By this time she's starting to become "too popular for her own good" and even though she is only fifteen, she is already on her second boyfriend. Slowly but surely she and Harry start to become more attached. It is unclear whether Ginny feels that Harry is starting to take notice of her, but I personally think she does, even though she probably doesn't allow herself to believe it too much. A few weeks before the Quidditch final she breaks up with Dean Thomas and on the day of the final she starts going out with Harry after a rather passionate, if not quite public, kiss. Again, we witness how well she understands Harry when he tells her they have to stop seeing each other for her own good. She says she knew something like this was coming and she accepts Harry's decision (though not without putting up a bit of a fight). And so we arrive to the last book, in which Ginny spends most of her time at Hogwarts organizing the student resistance together with Neville and Luna. They feel they have to carry on Harry's "work", which gets them into a lot of trouble. Ultimately she is forced to leave the school for her own safety, but she comes back for the battle of Hogwarts. Everyone begs her to stay in the Room of Requirement (including Harry of course) but in the end she joins the battle. After Voldemort is killed, Ginny marries Harry and becomes a Quidditch star player for the Holyhead Harpies. She and Harry have three children together (James, Albus and Lily) and Ginny settles as the Senior Quidditch reporter for the Daily Prophet in order to take care of her family.
Regarding Love
Ginny's character, from a literary point of view, is strongly associated with romance and crushes. From the start, her character is pegged with the stigma of "fangirl" or "the girl with the crush on Harry Potter". Her affection for Harry is what she is most known for, a huge hint towards the possibility of H/G in the future. She is described as "languishing in love" by her own creator (the brilliant JKR) and is the epitome of innocence. In OOTP, her character is further associated with romance through her relationship with Michael Corner and the mention of Dean Thomas at the very end (though we cannot tell what exactly went on between them or if anything actually has happened), along with a small hint given by Ron (the furtive glance at Harry while advising her to pick someone better).
Love seems to be a major part of Ginny Weasley's life, or at least the fragments of it we catch in canon.
Canon vs Fanon
There is a dramatic difference between canon!Ginny and fanon!Ginny - perhaps due to the previous lack of detail on her character. She was rather underdeveloped for the first four books in the series, only having just arisen as a fleshed out person in OOTP. Canon Ginny in books 1-4 depicted a shy, quiet little girl who was manipulated and exploited by the Dark Lord - while some fics stayed true to this model of darkness and vulnerability, some endeavored to provide to readers a more vivid, spunky persona, a Ginny who was purely fanon!based and drastically different from her canon personality.However, with the addition of OOTP text, the spunky!Ginny who was previously OOC is now practically true-to-canon. If you don't believe me, go read the book ;)
Strengths and Weaknesses
Her Strengths:
- Ginny is strong, she was able to withstand Lord Voldemort's control for an entire year, and even managed to break free of his hold (when she attempted to flush the diary down Moaning Myrtle's toilet). When she discovered Harry had the diary she immediately stole it back (ransacking the boy's dorm must have taken some nerve - or maybe she was simply too panic-striken to worry about the consequences)
Her Weaknesses:
- Ginny is naive and young. She is rather overprotected (as demonstrated by the way Molly Weasley holds her hand, dotes on her, etc.)
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