SHIP JKR & Ron/Hermione, H/H converging

[pippin_999 <foxmoth@qnet.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 49785

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jim Ferer 
<jferer at y...>" <jferer at y...> wrote:

> 
> To me, it comes down to maturity.  Hermione is remarkably 
mature (in  the best sense) for a fourteen/fifteen year old, and 
Harry's  experiences are changing him, too, while Ron is more of 
a normal  fourteen/fifteen year old boy.  There's nothing wrong 
with that, but  it pushes Harry and Hermione closer together.
> 

One of the most realistic things about the series is that 
Rowling's teens do not mature in lockstep. Nor is maturing a 
process that happens at a constant rate. Like any other natural 
growth process it happens in fits and starts. Sometimes it even 
seems to go backwards--look at Harry at the end of GoF, when 
he wants nothing more than to break down in Molly's arms and 
cry like a baby. 

I can see Harry wanting to regress for a while, finding 
Hermione's maturity off-putting, and maybe finding the presence 
of a younger friend, who wouldn't pressure him to act his age, a 
comforting thing.

 I honestly don't think the Trio is going to spend the entire length 
of Book Five head to head with Voldemort. Harry's already been 
counselled that Hogwarts is his main business.

Pippin