You are entitled to your opinion, but what Harry is doing is NOT rape. He would not do such a thing to Ginny. He's holding her down, yes, but not roughly...nor is he tearing her clothes off, as is likely to happen in a true rape situation. He knows she's upset and just wants a chance to explain things, show her how he truly feels. If you read the passages in question carefully, I believe you would have realised that.

Didn't mean to offend you.  Having spent the last week on the phone with a friend who was raped last week, I am perhaps over-sensitive.  But holding someone down (with or without molesting them) is no way to make your point that you care.  No means no.You have the right to write YOUR story your way, but I was creeped out by it. 

You are entitled to your opinion, but what Harry is doing is NOT rape. He would not do such a thing to Ginny. He's holding her down, yes, but not roughly...nor is he tearing her clothes off, as is likely to happen in a true rape situation. He knows she's upset and just wants a chance to explain things, show her how he truly feels. If you read the passages in question carefully, I believe you would have realised that.

Didn't mean to offend you.  Having spent the last week on the phone with a friend who was raped last week, I am perhaps over-sensitive.  But holding someone down (with or without molesting them) is no way to make your point that you care.  No means no.You have the right to write YOUR story your way, but I was creeped out by it. 

Yes, it's AU. I specifically made it such. He wrote the note to Molly saying he wanted to "speak privately" with Ginny ... and requested they not be disturbed ... the only way he'd be allowed upstairs. Even at that, he didn't want to take any chances.

Many times a talk such as theirs can lead to makeup sex, and at this point in time it's late summer of 1997 (near the end of August), post-DH--so Harry and Ginny are both of age, even if she is still living at home at this point. 

Yes, it's AU. I specifically made it such. He wrote the note to Molly saying he wanted to "speak privately" with Ginny ... and requested they not be disturbed ... the only way he'd be allowed upstairs. Even at that, he didn't want to take any chances.

Many times a talk such as theirs can lead to makeup sex, and at this point in time it's late summer of 1997 (near the end of August), post-DH--so Harry and Ginny are both of age, even if she is still living at home at this point. 

Molly trusts Harry; she knows he would never physically hurt Ginny--and she would understand if he told her they had to have a private talk to straighten things out, considering the way Ginny came in, all upset.

And all too often private talks can lead to just what ultimately happened between the young couple. Besides, Molly was too busy  talking to Ron and Hermione to consider there might be more going on upstairs than Harry claimed. There is also more of the story to come; please reserve judgment until you've read more of it.

Molly trusts Harry; she knows he would never physically hurt Ginny--and she would understand if he told her they had to have a private talk to straighten things out, considering the way Ginny came in, all upset.

And all too often private talks can lead to just what ultimately happened between the young couple. Besides, Molly was too busy  talking to Ron and Hermione to consider there might be more going on upstairs than Harry claimed. There is also more of the story to come; please reserve judgment until you've read more of it.