thoughts on Ginny and Harry as a couple?
There are a lot of people who find their romance in HBP forced. I don't think it's forced so much as underwritten, and the books don't get the chemistry quite right (though the movies certainly don't, either). There's potential, but they just don't get enough actual scenes of substance (besides Harry thinking she's pretty or feeling jealous of Dean) for a lot of readers to buy that they're not only in love, but deeply enough in love to break up, get back together, and wind up married.
That's not to say I don't see the appeal. There's a very cool scene in Book 5 where Harry's doing a woe-is-me-Chosen-One act, and Ginny effortlessly puts him in his place about it by reminding him that she was possessed by Voldemort at eleven, which is a rare glimpse into her character and also a great synecdoche for their relationship — Ginny is a grounding presence who, like Ron and Hermione, isn't going to be awed by his past adventures because she knew him before they happened. In that respect, Ginny's probably one of the few women Harry could feasibly wind up with, because he only ever seems comfortable around people (let alone girls) who can see past the Chosen-One schtick and treat him like a normo (see: Ron, Hermione, the Weasleys, Luna, Hagrid). True to type, he doesn't get interested in Ginny at all until she's ditched her celebrity crush and ceased to view him as an idol, because in his heart of hearts, Harry wants to be a normal boy, and it's stressed over and over that part of what he likes about his relationship with Ginny is how normal it feels. He kind of has a horribly supercharged version the celebrity dating problem: after the Battle of Hogwarts, anyone he meets is going to know him first as Harry Potter, Chosen One, Boy Who Lived, and Actually Fucking Resurrected Messiah of the Wizarding World, which is... I mean, it's possible that there are witches out there who could get over that, but Harry's not an extroverted guy, and I'm not sure how he'd go about finding them. Ginny's the one who's been there since the beginning, doesn't need anything about him or his past explained to her, and actually likes him for who he is.
When you look at it that way, it's not surprising he married his high school girlfriend. She's one of the few people still alive who doesn't see him as a demigod.
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hey y’all what are your favorite indie coffee companies. don’t say bones or death wish, but companies similar to them would be good. trying to branch out with coffee consumption. bags of ground coffee you can order online
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I have been debating with myself for awhile now whether to keep a dragon I bought solely to breed for a scry project and have finally decided to keep the beautiful bastard, SportsDrink
I have dressed him up as a steampunk era diver. He's a scrap collector, scavenging the sea floor for sellable metal and equipment.
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I should have a sugar parental that gives me a credit card I can use just to buy whatever groceries I want qnd they pay it off. maybe sometimes I'll put a lil treat on there too I won't go crazy it'll be reasonable I'm just sick of getting the bare minimum when it comes to feeding myself I want VARIETY I want SMALL LUXURIES
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he read the line "she is not out of your league, just out of your price range," agreed with it, i said yes being social costs money but why put this on just women, he stayed silent for two minutes, abruptly hung up, texted him are you joking, he replied with a thumbs up, called him twice and he didn't pick up
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Buddy boy, you've got what they call sex appeal.
Inspired by [this post] because I absolutely love this idea
ID: Full body digital drawing of Castiel and Crowley from Supernatural slow dancing in some sort of living room/office. They are standing facing each other with Cas to the left of the frame and Crowley to the right, side on to the viewer. There is a wide window behind them vaguely showing a moonlit garden. In front of the window is a couch with a side table to the left. On the right hand side is a dresser. Both the side table and the dresser have candles burning. The room is fairly dark, with light cast by the candles and some moonlight lining Cas and Crowley's heads. Cas has a halo shown as concentric rings centred on his head. End ID.
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