‘They make no sense’: Potterheads Share Their Hot Takes on Harry and Ginny’s Relationship in a Heated Magical Discussion

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Oct 15, 2024 1:00 PM EDT

If there is one thing that every Harry Potter fan would agree on, no one reads the book (or watches the movies) for the romance. Sure, most of us cheered when Ron and Hermione kissed after destroying the Horcrux in the Chamber of Secrets, but it is definitely not the main focus of the series, and it shouldn't be.

That being said, if an author does decide to put focus on romantic relationships between main characters, at least do right by them, and Rowling is the perfect example of an author who does exactly the opposite. There are quite a lot of love storylines between characters in the series, and most of them feel underdeveloped as if it was a decision in the spur of a moment, especially when it comes to the most important character of them all – Harry.

The discussion below portrays what Potterheads actually feel about Harry and Ginny's relationship, both in the books and in the film. This raised some interesting points we wanted to share, so keep scrolling to read them all. After you are done, click here for more magical content in the form of hilarious Harry Potter memes.

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    Hot take: Harry Ginny as a couple are underdeveloped even in books.
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    Hot take: Harry Ginny as a couple are underdeveloped even in books.
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    Definitely not as bland as movies but it still came out of nowhere in book 6. Before book 6 Harry was smitten with Cho for 3 books straight. I would have preferred a more gradual build up than what
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    Harry's sudden chest monster we got. I have no problem with Harry ginny as a couple.. infact personality wise I think they make a great couple. But the execution was really bad. Even Bill and Fleur
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    had a better foreshadowing and build up than hinny. I hope the upcoming series adds more hinny scenes and make a believable build up for their eventual romance.
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    Ofcourse Romione remains the best written and developed Harry Potter romance in books..
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    Creative Rock483 OP Also in the movies I totally shipped Harry with Luna. Daniel had mad chemistry with evanna lynch on screen. Book Luna is different from movie Luna..
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    awesomeness0232 • 12d ago • I like the pairing broadly speaking but I don't understand why Rowling dedicated so little time towards it. Even in the aftermath of the Battle of Hogwarts she doesn't give us so much as a paragraph dedicated to a
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    proper reunion between them. It's a bizarre choice. If you want to give your main character a romantic interest you'd think you'd dedicate a few pages to it.
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    Stepjam Woldn't call it a hot take at all. I'd say there was at most light foreshadowing in OotP as far as Ron being okay with it, but then basically out of nowhere Harry is infatuated
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    with Ginny. Then they get together literally one chapter before the climax of HBP starts and then are separated for most of DH. It could have been built up a lot more in OotP, have Ginny be there for Harry as support when his
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    relationship with Cho is crashing (they have like one scene together and its ultimately more about Sirius) and hint that he's really starting to like her at the end of the book. Then his crush on her in HBP feels like a continuation of the previous book rather than out of nowhere. I'd also
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    have them get together earlier in the book so we can see their relationship beyond the initial honeymoon period we see for one chapter.
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    DasKatze500 Agreed. Their actual time together AS A COUPLE is pretty much confined to a page or two at the end of HBP. The build-up in HBP I think quite deliberately comes out of nowhere, from Harry's POV - like, wow. She's hot and of age now and
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    I'm a hay teenager. But that being true doesn't mean it feels well developed. Also, talk of their being tonnes of foreshadowing in previous books rings really hollow to me.
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    Stenric Rowling isn't that great at writing romance, it's sad but true.
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    Hagrid... Crack66 Hot take: GOOD. I didn't want Harry Potter to be a romance. It's fun in the background. But it's why I stopped reading Hunger Games. It's boring when it becomes too much of the focus. The one true RELATIONSHIP in the book is the trio.
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    AngryInfidel411 I may get hate for saying this but both book and film Harry had no rizz (not that he had a lot of time to work on it, being the Chosen One). So he went for the character that was readily available.
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    Powerful_Artist Ya it wasnt until the whole 'monster in his chest' fiasco that we really even had anything more than a hint that he might be interested in her romantically. Then all of a sudden hes madly in love. Seems some more build up to that moment wouldve been appropriate.
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    I felt that Hermione and Ron were kind of underdeveloped too imo, Rowling didnt really excel at writing relationships well imo. But thats OK since it wasnt a focus of the story at all
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    nwt1006 Agreed. To me, it's always felt like she wanted Harry and Ginny to end up together, but she got to book 6 and was like "oh cipi forgot to set up their relationship, I gotta make this happen asap!"
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    Key-Grape-5731 Ravenclaw Couldn't agree more. It's no wonder they were cringe in the movies when they had so little to go on.
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    Balager47 To be frank both Hinny and Romione are stupid. You tell me they married the person they liked when they were 16?
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    CreativeRock483 OP It is absolutely possible to marry the guy you were in love with in high school. Especially when your community is so small and you fought a war together.
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    Balager47 Possible? Yes. Probable? Less so. It resulting in a Happy marriage that is still going strong over a decade later? Even less so. This all happening twice in the same friend group? Oh come on.
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    Responsible Source90 I like the take made in Harry Potter Puppet pals... Ginny is just there as a female Ron but in all seriousness I think the draw of being a Weasley and having that familial closeness was a big motivator for Harry, rather than just Ginny herself.
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    Spicyhorror98 Ravenclaw I think it is hinted at, but it does feel a bit like a slap to the face, but also like a teenage romance. I had a different crush every few days for no reason, sometimes, and others I fixated on. I think that's what happened with Harry, he fixated on it and it felt like more than it was.
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