[HPforGrownups] H/H SHIPpers beware...

[Penny Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 40703

Hi --

Well anything that is titled "H/H Shippers Beware" will certainly get my attention.   :--)

This interview is definitely nothing new though, and it's been roundly debated on FictionAlley Park (and probably here too).  

My own interpretation is that it was very GoF-specific.  The entire interview related to GoF after all, and the phrasing of the question "Do they have a date?" suggests quite strongly that her reply should likely be interpreted as only applying to that specific question (the tense of the question is obviously GoF-specific IMHO).  If the questioner had asked if Harry & Hermione "would ever have a romantic relationship or if they would always be just platonic friends," then her reply that they "are" just platonic would mean something different.  It could be taken as more indefinite and not book-specific.      

In another pre-GoF interview, she also effectively ruled out Ginny as a GoF romantic interest for Harry, too.  But, she left it open for Harry to pair up with either Hermione or Ginny *later* as she said that he was only 14 & had plenty of time to change his mind.  <g>  [In that interview from Feb 2000 the original question asked if he would ever fall in love with Hermione or with Ginny, and Rowling's answer was:  "In Book IV Harry does decide he likes a girl, but it's not Hermione or Ginny. However, he's only 14, so there's plenty of time for him to change his mind. ;-) " -- JKR included the smiley face too btw].  

As far as the rest of her reply and to bring this back around to actually making a canon point (since that's the rule!) -- I suspect the "nudge, nudge, wink, wink" language must surely be referring to Fred & Angelina, who, after all, had a honest-to-goodness real live date.  With each other.  In GoF.  Yep.  OR, maybe it meant Neville & Ginny.  OR, perhaps Cedric & Cho.  OR, Fleur & Roger.  OR, Hagrid & Madame Maxime.  OR, maybe Percy & Mr. Crouch *did* have a date (okay, I'm really not being serious there).   :--)  

Penny 








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