Hinny

 Harry & Ginny

General information

Type

• Friendship

• Romantic

• Sexual

Status

Married

Ship Name(s)

• Hinny

• Garry

• Ginnary

Members

• Ginny Weasley

• Harry Potter

Shippers

• Sirius Black III

• George Weasley

• Fred Weasley I

Rivals

• Dean Thomas (formerly)

• Cho Chang (formerly)

The relationship between a pure-blood wizard, Ginny Weasley, and a half-blood wizard, Harry Potter.

Harry and Ginny first met at King's Cross Station. However, they formally met in the summer of 1992, when it became clear that Ginny had a crush on Harry. She was too shy and nervous to talk to him until 1995. She becomes even more embarrassed when Harry rescues her from the Chamber of Secrets in his second year. She had been possessed by a diary containing a fragment of Lord Voldemort's soul, known as a Horcrux.

Hermione helped Ginny by advising her to be more herself around Harry, and maybe even see other people. Ginny took this advice, and Harry came to see her as she really was: strong-willed, witty, stubborn, and compassionate. The two became good friends in Harry's fifth year, and Harry began to enjoy her company. She was also able to cheer him up during his depression and accompanied him to the Department of Mysteries. After his relationship with Cho Chang fell apart, Harry's feelings for Ginny began to deepen and change, aided by the time he spent with her at the Burrow over the summer. In his first Potions class with Slughorn, the love potion Amortentia revealed that he was attracted to "something flowery he had smelled at the Burrow," which later turned out to be Ginny's hair.

After seeing her kiss Dean Thomas, Harry became jealous and fantasised about kissing her himself. One of the many reasons Harry fell in love with Ginny was that she rarely cried when she was upset. Shortly after Ginny and Dean broke up, she and Harry spontaneously kissed at a Gryffindor Quidditch Cup victory party. The two began dating, and Harry considered that time to be one of the happiest in his life. However, after the murder of Albus Dumbledore, Harry decided to end things with Ginny, fearing that Voldemort would target her if he learned of their blossoming romance, and knowing that he would be leaving with Ron and Hermione to find Voldemort's Horcruxes. Ginny was upset, but respected Harry's decision, knowing that it was for "some stupid, noble reason."

The two soon saw each other again over the summer while Harry stayed at the Burrow. On Harry's seventeenth birthday, Ginny gave him a passionate kiss to remember her by, but they were "accidentally" interrupted by Ron and Hermione. Ron told Harry not to "mess around," as his sister had been "pretty cut up" when Harry had ended their romantic relationship, though Hermione was more sympathetic towards them. The two were soon separated for months as Harry tracked down Horcruxes with Hermione and Ron, while Ginny returned to Hogwarts, but still harboured quite strong romantic feelings for each other. After Ron abandoned his friends, Harry began staring at Ginny's spot on the Marauder's Map and was worried when he heard that she, Neville, and Luna had gotten into trouble trying to steal Godric Gryffindor's sword for him.

When the Battle of Hogwarts began, Harry wanted Ginny to stay out of the fighting, but was forced to ask her to leave the safety of the Room of Requirement while he, Hermione, and Ron searched it for Rowena Ravenclaw's diadem. Later in the battle, after Ginny was nearly killed by Bellatrix Lestrange, Harry ran towards Bellatrix instead of Voldemort, though Mrs. Weasley got there first. After Voldemort's defeat, Harry and Ginny resumed their intense romance. Sometime between 1999 and 2002, they married and had three children: first son James Sirius, second son Albus Severus, and third and only daughter Lily Luna.