I don't think he needs to approch her but I think we should at least get an idea of H-->G by the end of HBP (infact I think that is all we are going to get, at most), but if he has no intentions towards anyone by the end of HBP what then, do we ship him alone or does he still have a chance of pairing up with someone?

Not just in OotP, in PoA they catch eachothers eyes and giggle at Percy. In OotP you see Harry choose Ginny over Ron and Hermione to make a joke with in St Mungo's, does she say it's not funny, nope, she laughs with him...

It's little things like this that makes me think H&G arre better suited


Although I am going through one of my more depressive moments and think Ginny might die at the end, it won't last... I should probably go and visit the H/G shipping hospital so I can bounce back a little quicker...

So Jo already predicts the seven years of Harry in Hogwarts?
How about this then?

It was after Ginny was presumed dead, which turned out to be wrong.
Is it a foreshadowing? Or a nice tribute from a husband to his beloved wife years after they have completed the adventure with Voldemort and left Hogwarts?
When I read HP books with a presumption that it is an autobiography from Harry Potter, I imagined that Harry must have written them after he married Ginny. He carefully gave Ginny good descriptions even as a little girl, while being critical to the appearances of any other girls. Even Fleur Delacourt is simply a beautiful girl but not special. I don't believe Harry was that immune to Fleur's charm. He may deliberately downplay the effect on himself, not to evoke jealousy from his wife.
Not surprisingly Harry wrote about his first girlfriend, Cho Chang, just in a simple generic description. Cho was pretty, a head shorter than him, with long black hair. Harry wrote mostly bad things that occurred during the private meetings and date with Cho. Even her only real kiss was intentionally blacked out, only retold from the point of view of his best friends and siblings-in-law, Ron and Hermione. How come Harry never said in much detail how he was taken with Cho? As soon as he was with Cho, they broke up and that's the end of the story. Harry was really cautious not to depict too excitedly his short-lived relationship with Cho.
Also, Harry conveniently removes all signs of Ginny's silly behaviour during the years she had crushed on him and was languishing for his love. In the first four books, Ginny was only selectively mentioned and all the funny or good things, never bad things. Harry chose memorable moments with flattering praise like "glowing like setting sun", "bright brown eyes" (despite catching only one thousandth of a second glance before Ginny slammed her door). He remembered her Valentine card (did Ginny send it?) and her self-made shrily singing get-well card. He noticed her soothing voice, fire-reflecting eyes, smoking red hair (from the cold medicine) and her disappointment not to go with him at Triwizard Yule Ball. Harry recalled the way she played with Crookshanks, showed tantrum to her Mom, scratched her nose absently, lied unblushingly, played Quidditch, fought gallantly for him.
I wonder if Ginny often looked over Harry's shoulder when he wrote the seven books, to make sure her husband writing no bad things about her? Or Harry voluntarily did so because after this years he was still madly in love with his wife? Or Harry wants to show his children and grandchildren only nice things about their Mom and Grandma? Or he wants to save Ginny from the continuous teasing of her big family members?
just a fun thought.

Aw... A very sweet thought as well I certainly hope Rowling doesn't let you down. I'm pretty sure she won't.

So far I know, girl with oriental gene like Cho doesn't have freckles. Harry didn't see freckles on Cho, either. He said "could have counted" meaning "if there were freckles". The girl with freckles in the HP series is Ginny. Now, could Harry have thought of Ginny, when Cho was closing in?



The answer:

Actually Harry turns to her to make a joke (while Ron and Hermione are there, so he could have joked with them).

I think this is an indication that their sense of humour is on the same wavelength. In comparison to Hermione, Ginny has had much less screen time and yet we have quite a few instances of them laughing at the same thing, unlike Hermione.

When Harry fantasised about his relationship with Cho he imagined her laughing. This is a good indication of what Harry wants in a girlfriend. (Along with nice shiny straight/wavy hair).

It is also reasonable to assume Ginny still likes Harry (in that way) because there was no resolution to her crush, like Harry had.

And one could also argue that Ginny was not emotionally available in her relationship with Michael Corner, 'the fool' and dumping him, it never sounded that great, or like some whirlwind romance.

so there was no joke going on between them...and Ginny wasnt grinning when she turned to look at harry, rather she grinned when she caught his eye

And this private sharing of jokes means that they really have sort of mutual understanding.

I think we are talking about different scenes. In my quote I am talking about OotP. Harry makes a joke about Lockheart to Ginny in st mungo's, and Ginny grins at him. There are other occasions like the one you posted where they just catch eachothers eyes and turn away laughing or grinning.

All these scenes are a big thumbs up for H/G

As a teacher to conclude one student bad or not, Harry couldn't just look at Ginny and Michael for a second. He quietly observed Ginny and Michael casting spells to each other several times and found out that Michael behaved awkwardly, but Ginny was not. Ginny performed it to Michael seriously.
Side note:
When comparing to Cho, who also behaved awkwardly in the presence of Harry, or Ron and Hermione who awkwardly tried to disarm each other, we may conclude that awkwardness indicated romantic feelings. Michael may have more romantic feeling to Ginny than the other way around.

Take out your stopwatch and count the time, how long does it take for you to:
- scratch your nose absently - scratch, scratch
- turned a paper upside down - swoosh
- began marking your answers - scribble, scribble.
I failed to do it all within one second, so it must be more than that.
That's how Jo Rowling shows Harry paying attention to Ginny, without having to say: "Harry was watching Ginny for 7 seconds."

So well we got all that covered so Ginny is a likely match for Harry and is perfectly able to be in a relationship with Harry. She's perfectly Happy, powerful and strong, which means that she may also be able to join the group in more fights with Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters.

and yes I agree with the regular private joke theory that people keep talking about. We first see the private jokes in PoA which is when Ginny starts getting used to talking to Harry properly.

And as I've read the book, no one inside the compartment felt like Ginny. She nearly collapsed, that's my bet, just like Harry.

Who made Harry thinks that he was not possessed by Voldemort? Ginny. Because she knows how Harry is feeling that time. They're like more of soulmates, for me.

And what can you say about this? I've read this one from a forum, (forgot where it is because I'm not registered there and I found it while searching about Ginny's wand). Ginny loved Harry because he's famous. If Harry was just an ordinary boy, Ginny wouldn't pay attention to him.

And it is definitely wrong. Because I believe that there is something that binds Harry and Ginny. What can you guys say about that? (Those sentences really upset me... )

I think that might be pushing it a bit, but it's definitely not a bad thing that he describes her in such a nice way and overall is taking more notice of her. I'm not at all against a Harry/Ginny relationship I just wouldn't say Harry loves her yet. Well, at least he doesn't know it yet...

I agree. Harry feels something for Ginny but he's not aware of it or he might not want to admit it. Because of Ron, that's my reason. It's like, he's torn between his best friend and his best friend's sister. He knows how protective Ron is to Ginny.

About Ginny, in love with Harry because of fame, if Ginny wants someone who's famous, she should also fallen for Lockhart but I think, she wasn't.

As I was saying, I'm reading now GoF. I was wondering what Ginny had felt when Harry didn't ask her to be her date on the Yule Ball. But by her reaction in this quote:

It's kind of confusing. I find these reasons why Ginny stopped smiling:

1. She didn't expect Harry to ask Cho Chang.
2. She felt jealous because Harry asks Cho for the Yule Ball.
3. Ginny stopped smiling because she didn't expect Cho will turn Harry down.

I find the third one is my answer. She stopped smiling because she couldn't believe Cho Chang will dump Harry just like that. Mayeb Ginny's thinking, "How could Cho turn Harry's invitation down? She's not that pretty," or something like that...

I didn't actually notice that before, isn't it amazing the little things that we miss...

I don't think Ginny is serious about Dean. She just said that to Ron to annoy him. So, I must agree that the pathway is clear, I just hope that Harry and Ginny will both realize it.