It's just...weird. It was just a weird break-up in general (though no one in the H/G camp would ever acknowledge that it was anything but completely straight-forward, since that's totally Rowling's style :P) because Ginny never acknowledges having any real feelings for him (even while he's tripping all over himself to say, 'OMG,I LOVE YOU!') and then says that she likes him because of a quality she can only observe from afar. And she looks at Harry with a certain amount of expectation right before they break up, as though she wouldn't have expected any less of him. I think it's reasonable, though, for Ginny to think that he's noble without knowing him because she connects it to his always fighting Voldemort which is something she does know.
So I guess what JKR is going for is someone who'll always force Harry to live up to his potential because it's only when he lives up to that potential that she'll like him. Which is a horrible, horrible basis for any kind of relationship, not just a romantic one. And one she's totally belied with this book because he spent this whole book being 'normal Harry if there were no Dark Lord' and that Harry wasn't the person Ginny seems to like at all. So I can't see their having a relationship after Voldemort. I mean, he's miserable being this noble guy going off into battle and totally happy being the lazy school kid. Which I think she meant for us to see. But she also meant for us to like H/G....? I'm confused.
It's a paradox because as long as Harry is the hero he can't be with Ginny and she'll like him, but when he's done being the hero and can be with her, she won't want him because he's not chasing Voldemort.
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Date: 2007-02-03 10:03 pm (UTC)So I guess what JKR is going for is someone who'll always force Harry to live up to his potential because it's only when he lives up to that potential that she'll like him. Which is a horrible, horrible basis for any kind of relationship, not just a romantic one. And one she's totally belied with this book because he spent this whole book being 'normal Harry if there were no Dark Lord' and that Harry wasn't the person Ginny seems to like at all. So I can't see their having a relationship after Voldemort. I mean, he's miserable being this noble guy going off into battle and totally happy being the lazy school kid. Which I think she meant for us to see. But she also meant for us to like H/G....? I'm confused.
It's a paradox because as long as Harry is the hero he can't be with Ginny and she'll like him, but when he's done being the hero and can be with her, she won't want him because he's not chasing Voldemort.