SHIP: Re: Who is the boy? and Why I hate the H/G Ship

[Jonathan Pessin]

No: HPFGUIDX 54425

Martin wrote:
Melissa has pretty much voiced my thoughts there. I'm also putting store on 
what JKR is quoted as saying at an interview (I forget which but I read it
on here in the last 36 hours): "People are in love with the wrong people at 
the moment" (paraphrased).

I think Ron is 'wrongly' leaning to Hermione and Harry 'wrongly' to Cho. 
Maybe even Krum 'wrongly' to Hermione. I think, given the centrality of the 
two main characters that we are looking at an (eventual) Harry and Hermione 
bonding. I hope something develops in OoP, but if it does it will be very 
much a love born in warfare and turmoil so a pretty firmly founded one and 
not anything soppy. Hermione isn't the soppy type anyway ;)

I reply:
I've always thought of that JKR reference as referring to the "crushes."  Harry has a crush on Cho, Hermione has SOME sort of relationship with Krum, and Ron has a crush on Fleur.  I never read this as referring to Hermione, since Ron doesn't really "fall" for her in this book, IMO, he just realizes what was already there.

Hobbit-guy, who, despite his intended neutrality, leans toward a H/R ship status (but you didn't hear that from me...)

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