SHIP Couples in Potterverse

[heidi tandy]

No: HPFGUIDX 47994


It was asked yesterday (but I've misplaced the name of the asker)
> > 
> > 	Is this certain? I was under the impression that all that had
> been
> > said on the subject of H/Hr was that, when asked about the
> possibility,
> > JKR responded with "Do you really think they're suited?" To which
> R/Hr
> > fans immediately shout "No, they aren't!" whereas H/Hr fans
> shout "Yes,
> > they are!" Has JKR herself stated her own views explicitly?

She's said a few things in interviews:

Q: Dear Ms. Rowling, I'd like to ask if there would be a lot of romances
between the characters in the upcoming books? 
JKR: Good question. I'm having so much fun writing Book 4 because for
the first time Harry, Ron, and Hermione are starting to recognize boys
and girls as boys and girls. Everyone is in love with the wrong people.
Let no one say my books lack realism. 
 
(The above shows that I was wrong over the weekend when I said that in
Book 4 everyone was "falling" in love - she didn't use the word falling,
she used the phrase "in love with" - it doesn't change my arguments,
IMHO, but I wanted to be clear that I was wrong. Do I get LOON points
for catching myself out?)

The above was from 2000

And in a 1999 National Press Club Author's Luncheon (right after the
release of PoA) she was asked:
 
Q: Do Harry and Hermione have a date?

And she replied:
JKR: A: No, they're very platonic friends. But I won't answer for anyone
else... nudge, nudge, wink, wink.

I have seen many R/H SHIPpers argue that the "they're very platonic
friends" applies to the entire series - books 4 through 7 and beyond -
because she didn't say otherwise. However, it seems reasonable to argue
that she was answering specifically about Book 4, and the "nudge nudge
wink wink" applies to a number of couples -  on reading GoF I
immediately thought she was refering to Fred and Angelina, although I've
seen it posited that it was a reference to Hagrid and Madame Maxime, or
simply JKR being her usual cryptic self. 


Heidi, finding quotes via google since 2000