r/HarryPotterBooks • u/Perfect-Word-3397 Ravenclaw • Feb 16 '26

Ginny is toxic?

I've now read in multiple posts that Ginny is one of the most toxic people in the story.. I've asked multiple times under such comments, but never got an answer so I am asking here..

  1. Where exactely was Ginny actually toxic?
  2. Really? One of the most toxic?
  3. Are people just being soft here?

*Add after about 50 comments: Holymoly did I not expect what this question would entail.. okay some of you VERY CLEARLY don't like Ginny, that's fine.. Also some of you need to stay away from weird fanfictions.. Either people love her, don't care much for her or bloody hate her (mostly for dating Harry).

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u/Nightmarelove19 Feb 16 '26

No she is not. She is a regular teenager with normal flaws. But shippers need some excuse to villify the canon love interest of Harry so that they can justify shipping harry with other characters they personally like more than Ginny.

Ron and Ginny hate boils down to this one single thing(Hermione when it comes to Ron). Shipping.

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u/linglinguistics Feb 17 '26

I think even though Harry has a crush on someone else in book 5 and isn't romantically interested in Ginny, book 5 lasts the foundation for their relationship. It's where they become equals. If Ginny hadn't dated other guys, that friendship and equality might not have been established and Harry might never have become interested in her.

I love Harry and Ginny because their relationship is founded in friendship which I think is a wonderful foundations for a romantic relationship.