SHIP: Harry, Hermione, Ron and JKR's Split personality

[blpurdom]

No: HPFGUIDX 38935

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "anavenc" <asilaite at h...> wrote:
> I often read that Rowling based Hermione's character on herself 
> and Ron's--on her own best friend, what's-his-name.  Now, I don't 
> know how a writer's mind works (and it's a shame, after all those 
> months of reading fanfiction I should :)), but with romance not 
> being the central theme of the books and all that... wouldn't it 
> be more economical for Rowling to take a perfectly good best 
> friends relationship from real life, maybe with some romantic 
> interest at some point, but definitely just best  friends in the 
> end... and just put it on paper instead of inventing something 
> different for these two?

You make a good point, but OTOH, I think that Harry is even more 
based on JKR than Hermione.  As Hermione is the lead female 
character, she has chosen to give her some of her qualities (I think 
this is where Hermione's bleeding-heart comes in).  However, lest we 
forget, she's also given Harry the same birthday she has (July 31) 
and she's writing from his point of view.  

So if she's writing Harry as the masculine side of herself and 
Hermione as the feminine side, it makes sense that the two of them 
would have the same best friend--one based on HER best friend (and 
perhaps this is why Ron feels like the most well-rounded of the 
three to me--she's not permitting some of her qualities to go into 
either Harry or Hermione while she conserves them for the other 
character).  One could argue in this case that this makes it more 
likely that she'll pair Hermione and Ron--(would she pair herself 
with herself?) or you could use the same information to argue 
Hermione/Harry (together they make a whole).  Or this could be the 
main argument of the non-shippers.  We obviously won't know for sure 
for a while.

--Barb

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