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[Penny & Bryce]

No: HPFGUIDX 32141

Hi --

Well, you didn't really expect me to keep quiet for too terribly long 
now, did you?  <g>

Apparently another source has a slightly different iteration of the same 
quotes from the source that Mike gave us -- this one says: "And Harry 
will develop more of an interest in Hermione too, one of his best 
friends."

http://www.hindustantimes.com/nonfram/231201/dLFOR15.asp

Mike knows full well what I think, but yes, for the record, I *do* see a 
love triangle developing (though I'd be quite surprised if the romantic 
interest flowed from Harry to Hermione rather than from Hermione to Harry).

Of course, alot of the pre-GoF interviews & quotes ended up being at 
least slightly misleading.  But, all the same, I'll be anxious to hear 
if this statement can actually be attributed to JKR & whether it was 
taken out of context or not.  I guess we'll know more after this BBC 
special on Friday, right?   That appears to be the source for these 
articles.

It does sound (from both these sources) as though she's currently 
planning to do an epilogue that at least outlines what happens to the 
"survivors" post-book 7.  It will be very interesting to see if she 
sticks with that resolution.  I would think it might be at least 
slightly tempting to leave her options open & not reveal where she sees 
things going on the off-chance that she decides to write further 
post-book 7 works at a later date.  As a fanfic consumer, I'd probably 
prefer no epilogue I suppose.

Penny