No-ship Harry?

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No: HPFGUIDX 20748

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Horst or Rebecca J. Bohner" 
<bohners at p...> wrote:
> I've been thinking some more about this question of who Harry 
might "end up
> with" by the end of the series, and I've come to the conclusion 
that I
> really doubt he'll end up with anybody.
> 
> Think about it:  over the next three books things are going to get 
darker
> and darker, and more and more pressure is going to be put on Harry 
simply to
> stay alive and keep his friends alive, let alone figure out how to 
stop
> Voldemort.  With all of that weighing on his mind, how much time is 
he going
> to spend thinking about dating and romance?
> 
> And even if Harry did have the time and energy to include a 
girlfriend in
> his life, do you think he would really want to put her through all 
the
> struggles and dangers that he is about to experience?  What if 
Voldemort got
> hold of Harry's love and used her against him somehow?  Or even if 
that
> wasn't a factor, wouldn't Harry be likely to think it pretty 
foolish and
> unfair to get involved romantically with a girl when he's right on 
the front
> lines of a war and doesn't even know if he's going to live through 
the next
> couple of years?  I can see another teenaged boy throwing caution 
to the
> wind and starting up a romance anyway (*cough*Ron*cough*) but not 
Harry.  He
> thinks too much, and he worries too much, to do that.
> 
> So although I think Harry/Ginny would be nice, and I could even 
live with
> Harry/Hermione (although I think that's far too predictable and 
therefore
> not very interesting), I really doubt we're going to see anything 
serious
> develop for Harry along romantic lines.
> --
> Rebecca J. Bohner
> rebeccaj at p...
> http://home.golden.net/~rebeccaj

YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN THINKING THE SAME THING!  NOT SO MUCH IN TERMS OF 
REASONS FOR IT, BUT I WOULD NOT BUT SURPRISED IF HARRY WAS 
NOT "SPOKEN FOR" IN ANY WAY BY THE CONCLUSION OF BOOK 7.  HE MAY HAVE 
SOME SHORT-LIVED RELATIONSHIPS IN THE MEANTIME BETWEEN NOW AND 
THEN...HMMM.  (I EXPERIENCED A NECK/BACK STRAIN TODAY...SHOULD REALLY 
GO BACK TO BEDREST AGAIN...BUT FELT THE NEED TO REPLY AT THIS TIME).  
MAYBE I'LL TAKE THIS UP AGAIN LATER.  ANYHOW, WE'LL SEE.  THANKS FOR 
THE CLEVER THOUGHTS. 

N ;)