SHIP: JKR Interview

[chanteuse thalia chaunacy]

No: HPFGUIDX 52041

And I swore I would never get into this debate.  So much for will power.

Okay, folks, so we can conclude that the oft-quoted interview is 
interpretable.  Perhaps we should conclude that *everything's* 
interpretable.

As such, I will now interpret a few things in all these SHIP posts which 
Jim happened to exemplify clearly in his most recent email.

"If the interviewer had wanted to know if Harry and Hermione would
ever have a date, he or she would have said so. JKR used the present 
tense, 'to describe the platonic sense of H/Hr's friendship; and nobody 
has ever accused JKR of tipping off much of the distant future (as in 
more than a book ahead)."

Given. We're all smart enough to realize ambiguity is necessary for an 
uber-famous, pantingly anticipated mystery writer.

"OTOH, we H/Hr's have never denied that there's something going on 
between Ron and Hermione - *now*. Here's another JKR quote, from a 
Yahooligans! interview in October, 2000:

'sammyohyeah asks: Is it just me, or was something going on between Ron 
and Hermione during the last half of GOF? I love your books, btw, and two 
of them I've read straight through cover to cover in under 24 hours.

jkrowling_bn: well done on the reading speed!
jkrowling_bn: yes, something's 'going on'...
jkrowling_bn: but Ron doesn't realise it yet...
jkrowling_bn: typical boy'

"I'm struck that it's RON who 'doesn't know it yet,' when we all thought 
Ron was the one that *did* know it."

We are all also adults (give or take) that can recognize these things. 
Ron is not, and JKR is writing him as such. Remember the whole 'she 
completely missed the point!' line? (Don't have the book handy, but ya'll 
know what I'm talking about) Flat denial.

"...and it's Harry that gives Hermione's (and Ron's) lives purpose they 
would never have otherwise; and I believe Ron is carrying baggage that 
would be fatal to a long-term R/H relationship."

Whoa, there! That's just *mean*! I won't even start about the Ron/baggage 
thing, because I think it's a valid opinion and bboy_mn will probably 
trounce it for me later anyways ;).  But I *will* call you a big meanie 
for totally denouncing *both* Ron & Hermione like that. Unless you 
meant 'amongst other purpose that are equally as valid', in which case I 
apologize for the razzing. Otherwise, it makes me sad to hear that folks 
think heroes are the only one with purpose in their lives.

Has anybody else noticed that H/H folks tend to be enamoured with Harry, 
and R/Hrm folks tend to be enamoured with Ron? Then there's the 
contingency that's enamoured with Hermione, and they go both ways, as far 
as I can discern.

"Not many people answered the first time I asked, but consider this: as
an R/H'er, what would you consider to be the vindication of the R/H POV? 
An R/H romance in year 5, or another year, or a long term 
partnership/marriage?"

I hazard a theory that R/Hrm folks are more fluffy romantics than H/H 
folks.  We just wanna see them bicker, make jokes, have a good time, get 
on each other's nerves, support each other, support Harry, and live 
happily ever after.  I'm willing to admit this about myself. Bottom line: 
we like what we've seen. It quite literally makes our hearts go pitter-
pat. We don't use words like 'vindication' because (well, in my silly 
head it reminds me of the word 'vindictive' and that's never good) it's 
all about the love. Yay for love. Love needs no vindication. It's just 
there.

On a less fluffy level, however, I suggest that perhaps it comes down to 
our opinions of JKR's complexity level with regards to this issue.   In 
my little heart of hearts, i hope JKR is intending on keeping this part 
simple.

And I don't think she wants to share Harry.

:)

thalia 'boldly going where countless have gone before' chaunacy