Hermione's Birthday; SHIP (FITD)

[pennylin]

No: HPFGUIDX 55324

Hi all --

Well, it would seem that one canon debate has been largely settled by JKR,
via the DVD.  The DVD contains a calendar, which includes a reference to
Hermione's *12th* birthday on September 19th of the CoS school year.  The
Leaky Cauldron is reporting that WB has confirmed that JKR had input into
the creation of that calendar and approved it:

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/

Therefore, the long-standing debate of interest to so many of us (and
utterly bewildering to so many others) appears to be settled canonically,
with the following results:

a.  Hermione turns 12 roughly 6 weeks after Harry does, so she is 2 months
younger, not 10 months older.

b.  This raises a question of how the Magical Quill operates.  I would
personally think that this confirms my long-standing belief that the Magical
Quill operates on a calendar year (so someone turning 11 on January 2nd
would start on September 1st, as would someone who doesn't turn 11 until
December 30th of that same year).

Heidi has already told me that she is convinced that the Magical Quill might
be tied to the fall equinox (with a cut-off date of September 21st).  This
question can perhaps be settled depending on whether Angelina Johnson
returns to Hogwarts in OoP.  If she does return, then it means she turned 17
in mid-October of her 6th year.  This would mean that Angelina turned 12
shortly after starting Hogwarts in her first year ....... supporting Heidi's
theory that the cut-off date is possibly September 21st.  If Angelina had
her 7th year in GoF and doesn't return as a student in OoP, then it will cut
more toward the calendar-year cut-off date, IMO.

The other alternative is that Hermione was some exception to the rule for
the cut-off date.

c.  In any case, it is abundantly clear that if Hermione is 6 weeks younger
than Harry, then there is no chance whatsoever that they are siblings.  :--)

SHIP: Also of interest on the DVD is, of course, an interview with JKR and
Steve Kloves.  In commenting on the Trio's interactions, Rowling noted that
Columbus had foreshadowed in this 2nd film something she didn't touch on
really until GoF and that is: "certain feelings between the *three* (3) of
them."

Ahem.

Between the *3* of them.

Hmmmmm.  Well, I won't be so brave as to pass out the lyrics to "Farmer in
the Dell" just yet, but that's certainly what hit me when I heard that
interview comment.  I mean, well, gosh, if there was ever a chance for her
to say: "foreshadowing certain feelings between two of them ...." or
"foreshadowing a Ron and Hermione romantic relationship," then, that would
have been a good time, yes?  And, of course, the *3* of them doesn't include
Ginny either.  I mean, how is Harry involved in a Ron/Hermione romantic
relationship?  The feelings are *between* the three of them, so I don't
think his status as a peripheral bystander/observer works either.  It would
seem to me from her wording that Harry either has "certain" feelings for a
member of the Trio or is the recipient of such feelings.  We certainly have
hashed through the meaning of the word "between" quite extensively in the
past after all.

:::::::humming a certain nursery rhyme:::::::::::::

Penny