#hinny thoughts

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Hinny

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SHIP IT

1. What made you ship it?

I always enjoyed Ginny as a character; she had such a potential for growth and by the time OotP came out, I felt she had grown in her own journey, one that was parallel with Harry rather than being centered on him. OotP was the best in this sense: she was the one that would give him the harsh truth and also support him. By then, I shipped them whole-heartedly.

2. What are your favorite things about the ship?

They are soulmates. I love how they understand each other without saying anything (holding hands, how Harry never brings up Ginny's crush, how their first kiss just shows how in tune they are). I love how their romance just makes so much sense (despite those that try to say it came from nowhere, the hints were all there).

3. Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?

He could also have given Ginny her book personality and made movie Hinny likable.

But hey, at least the screen time was used on something good. Oh wait, muggle coffee shop girl. I love the HBP movie, but my god, it is so inferior to the book that it is crazy.

Movie Hinny deserves justice!

Another not-so-fun fact about Ginny in those movies. If you had only watched the movies, you would never have known that Ginny was actually good at quidditch. It was never shown. Other than her brief appearance in the montage that showed Ron being good. And not the character that went on to be a professional(?!?!?).

They didn't include her catching the snitch against Hufflepuff or her catching the snitch and thereby winning Gryffindor the Quidditch cup against Ravenclaw. Nor did they show her catching the snitch and winning the Quidditch cup for the second year in a row, and then kissing Harry in front of the entire Gryffindor house.

we get so many small but important moments where we see how brilliant she is. how she listens to him and doesn’t pressure him, or lecture him. she just listens. how funny she is, and playful and witty. she’s fun to be around, she makes him laugh, she takes the weight off his shoulders more than once, she’s tough and feisty. she calls him out on his shit when he needs it, which is something most of his friends are unable to do without resulting in silence, yelling or tears, their little shared glances when they find something funny, ginny ready and willing to risk her life to help him, and him being protective (?!!!), not to mention they bicker like an old married couple when they go to the department of mysteries like hello???)

Hey! Thanks for asking!

A bit of backstory in my venture into HP. I saw an ad for the reunion special, and thought to myself "Why have I never seen Harry Potter?". I then bought a HBO subscription the same night and watched PS. And it was love at first sight. I then watched a movie a day for the next week. And I ordered the books straight after finishing DH pt. 2. Whilst I waited on the books, I found this concept called fanfiction. And I started reading stories, which caused me to fall deeper in love with the world of Harry Potter. And when the books finally arrived, I couldn't put them down. Ever since I finished them, I have had PPD(Post Potter Depression) and tried to drown that with fanfiction. Which has worked pretty well so far.

Anyway, back to the question:

I think it was during CoS.

Ginny being so awkward around Harry is brilliant. The way she runs out of the kitchen when she see him is adorable. The way he panics over her (almost) dead body. Ginny defending Harry against Lucius is also precious. Unfortunately Ginny didn't really appear before OOTP again, so I didn't really think about them all that much during PoA and GoF. (I will never forgive Steve Kloves for that.)

In OOTP I just couldn't get behind Cho/Harry, so I started looking elsewhere for someone to ship Harry with. The obvious choice had been Hermione, but she was clearly in love with Ron and her and Harry had zero romantical chemistry during those movies. Maybe it was a subconscious decision made during CoS, but I started shipping Hinny. I cherished the few scenes they had throughout the rest of the movies, but I didn't LOVE them, like I do now.

That wasn't until I read the books. And oh my, the movies RUINED Ginny Weasley. She is such an amazing character, and truly the perfect woman for Harry. And without a doubt soulmates. I wish we had gotten more scenes with them in HBP, but I will take what I can get. Their kiss was brilliant(fuck whoever gave it to Ron/Lavender in the movies). Their banter was fantastic(fuck whoever cut that out of the movies). Their obvious strong love for each other(fuck whoever ignored that in the movies.)

I can understand if people who have only seen the movies don't ship them. Because they are severely underdone, and not reading the books first will forever haunt me. But book Hinny is nothing less than fantastic. I love them.

And fanon Hinny, whew. That is even better. The way some of the authors write them is breathtaking. I can't put into words how glad I am for discovering fanfiction. I don't know how I would have coped with the rough patches that has occurred during these past 14 months, if I didn't have fanfiction.

Steve Kloves or whoever is to blame for movie Hinny, made me crave some good Hinny content so much, that I started writing it myself. And whilst I wouldn't classify it as good Hinny content, at least not the first few drafts. It still clenched that need for more good content temporarily.