Harry and Ginny ending up together always seemed a little strange to me
That's not because I feel Harry should have ended up with Hermione
I think Ron and Hermione are perfect for each other
Check out my previous video essay if you'd like to see my thoughts on that
But we're talking about Harry and Ginny today first off. I think it's worth noting that in order to judge their relationship
You have to decipher between the films and the books in my opinion Ginny from the films left a lot to be desired with her
Character and is one of the few major issues
I have with the films it all starts when Ginny has a crush for Harry in the Chamber of Secrets
It starts as an infatuation to introduce her
I mean it makes sense in the context of the story for Chamber of Secrets
We need to introduce her into the story
Organically it just makes sense to have that preteen crush with one of the most famous people in their world
But then as some characters do they shed more light on the story at hand and they never really
Develop our character past those dying moments in chamber 2 secrets until later on in the movies
Ginny gets the short end of the stick
And she never really evolves into a character because of this Ginny is much more subdued and quiet
And we never really get to see her as she is in the books in the book
She's a feisty strong dynamic character
Which makes it easy for us to see why Harry loves her although we see slight glimpses of this in the movies in the books
We see this fully established character in all her glory
She wasn't afraid of anything unlike how the movies painted her so when it came to their
Relationship Harry and Ginny in the books is far different than in the movies mainly because those changes to her character
Affects, how we feel about the two, and yes the personalities mesh better together in the books
But I feel like it doesn't matter whether it's the book or the movie
I feel that this isn't the real reason that they ended up yeah
There is something rooted deep within the two of them that caused that love to blossom remember back to Jenny's first year at Hogwarts
The days where the heir of Slytherin was petrifying Mudbloods
What ended being revealed was not Draco or some other student being the heir of Slytherin?
But instead jenny was possessed into doing Tom Riddle's bidding now
This is really important in my opinion, and I feel like this lays the groundwork for the relationship
Although this story sheds away a little bit from this possession in the events that follow the Chamber of Secrets part
I think it's safe to say that this possession deeply affected Jenny
And she was really never the same in the books it explains this possession by saying
while the
Magical container is still intact a bit of soul inside it can still flip which means to move or sway and out of someone
If they get too close to that object. I don't mean to hold it for too long
It's nothing about touching in her mind. He added before Ron could speak
I mean emotionally Ginny poured her heart out into that diary and she made herself incredibly vulnerable
They're in trouble if you get too fond of or too dependent of a Horcrux
When Jenny found this diary import all her worries about Hogwarts in her crushes, and how Tom broke back?
Comforting her through this dialogue Tom grew stronger and ultimately poured a little bit of his soul into Ginny
Manipulating her to kill Hagrid's Roosters and open the Chamber of Secrets
Now let's think about this in a different way put yourself in Ginny shoes
You're entering a new school and really a new world for that matter and are insecure and timid and you're likely
Bullied because you're a Weasley in your poor
I don't know about you, but I would cling on any support
I could get and in the case of Ginny she turned to Tom Riddle's diary she expressed her deepest dreams and aspirations
She was seeking comfort and relying on it as if it was a best friend or even dare
I say a romantic connection. Now imagine if that comfort and that best friend, led you astray-
It led her to potential death of people at Hogwarts, to walking around
possessed and killing roosters, and she ends up bringing her crush to an extremely dangerous situation
Where they only survive by the skin on their teeth. Now you can take this situation one of two ways:
One, you let it destroy you and you recoil away from the ones who love you- or two, you gain strength from it
You never let anyone do anything like this to you again, or to the ones you love. Ginny obviously became stronger from this,
But I believe this was more of an external approach.
I still feel this possession of Tom Riddle over Jenny shakes her to her core-
She won't ever be the same because of this, and no one will ever know how she feels, well-
No one except Harry. That childhood
Crush turns into something else- Harry knows what it's like to have Voldemort in his head and see his darkest secrets;
Harry took that same weakness and overcame it and became stronger. It's the same reason why we go to support groups-
because those shared experiences and hearing people share- it helps us overcome our own demons
Ginny saw Harry first as a crush, and then saw him as a hero down in the Chamber of Secrets.
But it wasn't until they grew up a bit, and they found each other's shoulder and shared experience that it blossomed into more.
I'm not saying that their love was completely attributed to this experience,
But I believe it was a main factor in breaking down those walls that both of them had put up.
And when you can understand what people are thinking and what's going on in their head, you're more empathetic towards them, so
Harry and Ginny aren't a story about a crush that turned into friends that turned into love; it's about that trauma and that shared
Experience, and that empathy that turns into a lasting bond.
So let me know what you think of this theory- do you think they ended up together because they are both possessed by Voldemort?
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