OOP. Impressions. Spoilers.SHIPs

[beldasnoop]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Nia" <penumbra10 at a...> wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, RSFJenny19 at a... wrote:
> > In a message dated 6/21/2003 8:20:29 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
> > terryljames at h... writes:
>
> > ok, Katie asked JKR if Harry and Hermione would be snogging
> (kissing) in the 
> > book and JKR said something to the effect of "Harry and Hermione? 
> No, Ron and 
> > Hermione, maybe."  I'm paraphrasing because I don't have a 
> transcript, but her 
> > tone was one of surprise over the H|H question, and answered as 
if 
> she were 
> > correcting Katie on which SHIP would eventually sail.
> 
> Me:
> 
> I cannot see JKR freely discussing such major plot points as 
> eventual relationships in such an offhanded manner.  I think JKR 
was 
> alluding to the scene in OoP where we see Hermione kissing Ron on 
> the cheek, which was very sweet, but hardly conclusive.  
> Loved the book, BTW!
> --Nia

Actually, I'm not too sure about that. I saw the Dateline show, too, 
and JKR seemed very solid about it.  After the "snogging" comment, 
she looked at Katie and said something like "Harry and Hermione?  Do 
you really think so?"  She said it in an extremely doubtful tone that 
made Katie start waffling about it.  Then she (JKR) paused a bit and 
said "*Ron* and Hermione, are the ones that have those issues" or 
something to that effect (the emphasis on Ron's name was hers, not 
mine). 

Also, she has alluded to this pairing strongly in past interviews 
(the ones I have in mind are up on MuggleNet), saying that there is 
something "going on" between them, but Ron hasn't caught on, and also 
that the question of how Hermione feels about Ron (not how he feels 
about her, but about how she feels about him) is answered in GoF.
The point is that I don't think she's been the slightest bit coy 
about the romantic tension between Ron and Hermione.  As far as I can 
tell, she's been very straightforward about it.  What she hasn't been 
straightforward about, as far as I've seen, is who Harry is going to 
end up with.  Personally, I'm leaning toward Ginny on that score, 
especially after OotP.

Michelle (beldasnoop)