Ron & Hermione per JKR

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 7680

Hi --

Aberforth's Goat wrote:

> No wait--I've got a stab left in me: Jo said in an interview that
> something
> is going on between Ron and Hermione, but Ron hasn't noticed it.
> Doesn't
> that imply that said goings on are being experienced most overtly by
> Hermione? Then she's in love!--she's in love!--we're safe!!
>
> Gamboling for joy,
>

I see that Heidi (another lawyer) has already responded to this, but
this lawyer also can't resist saying "Not so fast there Mr. Goat!"

Her answer is sufficiently open to interpretation regarding Hermione's
feelings to cast grave doubts on your conclusion.  <g>  It would not
withstand much cross-examination.

Unfortunately B&N doesn't have the chat transcript up yet (2 months
ago!), but the wording we all seem to remember definitely does not
explicitly say that Hermione returns feelings for Ron.  Like Heidi and
Neil said, the wording could be interpreted to mean that Ron just
doesn't know about his feelings for Hermione yet, but she knows about
his feelings (but doesn't necessarily reciprocate).

Does JKR *ever* give a direct answer?  If one relied on her pre-GoF
interviews for example, one would easily conclude that Harry & Cho would
date in Book 4.  This didn't quite turn out to be the case though, did
it?  <g>

Penny



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