Unpopular Opinion: The Harry x Ginny romance was done poorly in both books AND films.

Bit of a rant…

Much like most of y’all, I think Harry and Ginny’s romance was portrayed poorly in the films and the actors did their best but lacked on-screen chemistry. When I began to re-read HBP I was excited to see how the book does it better, but I really felt like the book doesn’t do it all that much better.

It still feels awfully forced and sudden, as if JKR didn’t plan at all for this to happen. Ginny herself certainly has more character in the books than films but her character doesn’t amount to much more than “spunky girl” to be honest, and all of a sudden Harry is just like “Uh oh, fancy her now. Ron friend Ginny hot Ron friend Ginny hot.”

It might have helped if like they had ever found themselves alone with each other, even accidentally in some sort of rom-com where like maybe at Quidditch practice all the team got sick except for Harry and Ginny and so they spend the whole afternoon training and flirting with each other instead, and she could’ve still be an item with Dean to make it even more forbidden for Harry. But I don’t think they ever spend any time together alone until Harry impulsively kisses her at the party.

I honestly think this is why the Harry x Hermione ship runs so hard because they have loads of scenes together, and bicker like a couple (or siblings) and show genuine deep love and care for each other. We don’t get that at all in the books, it’s just sort of left to our imagination I guess, but I just think it’s therefore a missed opportunity.

Rant over.