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Essays
Theorizing the Future
By potterfreak16
So, it's finally happened. The moment shippers all throughout the fandom have waited years for. The romantic pairing of Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley is officially canon. I can't say I was surprised. I've known that H/G was a long time coming – ever since I read Chamber of Secrets, I knew that something was going to blossom between the two. Even still, I was ecstatic when I read the line in HBP that most H/G-ers have embedded into their memories: Harry looked around; there was Ginny running toward him; she had a hard, blazing look in her face as she threw her arms around him. And without thinking, without planning it, without worrying about the fact that fifty people were watching, Harry kissed her. (HBP, p. 533, American edition). I'll admit that I let out a rather loud shriek of joy as I read that line, earning me identical bewildered looks from my parents. My delight, however, was short-lived; at the end of the book, Harry broke things off with Ginny, apparently because he felt the need to search for the remaining Horcruxes on his own. Although I was truly thrilled to see my favorite ship become a part of canon, I couldn't help but be a bit disappointed at the way JKR handled the relationship. I don't agree with people who say the relationship came out of nowhere – that's just ridiculous, as clues and hints were hidden in the books since Chamber of Secrets, and even more so in Order of the Phoenix. Still, I do think that the relationship was rather rushed – Harry finally noticed Ginny at long last, lusted after her for a while, dated her shortly and ultimately ended their brief romance. Perhaps that wouldn't have bothered me as much if JKR had provided more descriptions of their time together. Realistically, all we truly saw was their very public first kiss, and a few small moments in the common room when Ginny jokes about Romilda Vane's inquiries about Harry's nonexistent tattoo. And now, months after the release of HBP, theories regarding Harry and Ginny's relationship are sprouting up everywhere – LiveJournal communities, fan sites, message boards – you name it. They're literally everywhere. And while some of them are plausible and actually make a decent amount of sense, the majority of them are made up of pure wishful thinking. I'd be a liar if I said the prospect of Harry and Ginny kissing and making up at Bill and Fleur's wedding wasn't appealing – I think most H/G shippers are rooting for a reconciliation between the two. However, keeping JKR's style in mind, I don't think that it's going to be that simple. It's apparent that Harry cares for Ginny; otherwise, he wouldn't have ended things with her in order to keep her safe and protected. And, obviously, Ginny cares for Harry; she said herself that she had never really given up on him. Why, then, are they apart when they both want to be together? And why won't they get back together at Bill and Fleur's wedding? The answer is simple. Harry wants to protect her, and is afraid of losing her permanently at the hand of Voldemort. Because of this, he's distancing himself from her, determined to keep her safe. Although Harry has been known to jump into things without properly thinking them through, he's not foolish enough to get involved with Ginny again, not when it would make her such a susceptible target. As for Ginny's involvement with the search for the Horcruxes, I believe that she will play a part in it eventually, but not immediately. Ginny has grown from the nervous, shy eleven-year-old that landed her elbow in butter dishes to an independent, headstrong, fiery young woman, and it doesn't seem fitting for her to sit at home (or wherever she'll be in book seven) while Harry is off in battle. I believe that, ultimately, Ginny will join Harry and company in the search, regardless of whether or not they get back together. She won't do it because she wants to be with Harry again – she'll do it because she wants him to succeed, to prevail over Voldemort at all costs. Do I see a future for Harry and Ginny? Of course I do. I just don't see it happening quickly, playing out like a sappy, romantic fairytale. Do you really think that kind of thing would be suited for them, anyway? |
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