I'd have to agree with you on Mara making Luke more interesting. Even when I was five and watched the movie for the first time my mother was all pushing me to have a crush on Luke and I was very, "NO HAN SOLO IS THE BEST EVER."

re: Harry/Ginny, that's interesting. If it's not too personal, would you mind if I asked how old you were when you started reading the books? I really grew up with the characters and was often within a few years of their age, so of course my focus was mainly on the children and not so much on the adults. (Though I've shipped Fred/Me since I was eleven, not going to lie.)

Dany and Joraaah. Honestly, yeah, I ship them because they're insanely sexy. :| I am really a very shallow individual. XD