What, they go and sit by the lake and talk? About what? That's the whole point of a meaningful relationship, isn't it, that there's communication? And we don't get a single logical scrap of conversation between them, which just plain sucks. Because honestly, I can't even imagine what Harry and Ginny were talking about, down there at the lake.
See, I think that's because there wasn't any conversation. I figure they went off to neck. Which, as you say, is damned annoying for the reader, who wants communication, emotional connection, something meaningful for these characters. Bleah.
I do want it to be someone with whom Harry's had emotional connection, yes! Hermione would fit the bill. But I was happily on the Harry/Cho 'ship too, since it had three books worth of development!
Yes, Ginny has always been around, but she's always been in the background. She appears to have a personal relationship with quite a few characters in the books, which actually only makes it stand out even more that Harry isn't one of them.
Ginny's unrequited crush on Harry doesn't count as relationship development, because Harry feels nothing, absolutely nothing for her until Book 6. The reader views everything from Harry's point of view, so there's no arguing that there was "development" of their romance, not from a reader's point of view.
See, I think that's because there wasn't any conversation. I figure they went off to neck. Which, as you say, is damned annoying for the reader, who wants communication, emotional connection, something meaningful for these characters. Bleah.
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(But, seriously, yes.)
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