SHIP: Pairing hints in EBD transcript

[Kelli Nichols]

No: HPFGUIDX 110187


Stefanie <musicofsilence at hotmail.com> wrote:
|Q:Will Ron and Hermione ever get together?
|
|A: Well—[Laughter.] What do you think? 
|[Audience member: I think they will]. 
|I'm not going to say. I can't say, 
|can I? I think that, by now, I've given 
|quite a lot of clues on the subject. That 
|is all I'm going to say. You will have to 
|read between the lines on that one.
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> "You will have to read between the lines on that one"
> Could this be a hint towards an H/HR leaning? It's often been touted 
> that R/HR is "obvious," especially by R/HRers themselves, while H/HR 
> supporters wave the banner of subtext. One certainly doesn't need to 
> read between the lines to glean a R/HR leaning.
<snip>
> No quote is going to be the be-all end-all to any 'shipping 
> debate, but I can see a bit of a H/HR favoring in this. 


I think that it's just JKR wanting to make us wait in suspense for longer.  There are strong points to almost every ship.  The only relationship that really matters in the story is who Harry ulimately ends up with.  I personally ship R/Hr and H/G but can see the merits of H/Hr (the one thing thay bothers me about that ship's support is all to often the mention of the voice in Harry's mind that sounds like Herm-- aka, the sensible voice.  Most of the time that's a parent's voice and to me that gives me the impression that he thinks of her in more of a motherly/sisterly way than he would other girls.  This is all my opinion though).  We'll just have to wait to see who gets together.

"Kelli Nichols"