SHIP: Ron & Hermione (was Re: Hermione's Patronus)

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Dawn wrote:

> > I read that in an online chat that JKR stated that she's given us 
> all 
> > plenty of hints about the Ron/Hermione thing. We all know how 
> that's 
> > going to turn out.

Now Cory:
 
> Umm...no offense, but we're all familiar with the "plenty of hints" 
> quote that you're referring to, and that's not *quite* how it 
ended.  
> She said she's given us plenty of hints to allow us to figure out 
> whom is going to end up with whom, not that she's given us plenty 
of 
> hints about R/H.  Given JKR's tendancy to give obscure clues and 
put 
> odd twists in her stories, you can read that quote as supporting 
> almost any SHIP imaginable.
> 
> --Cory, who is not really interested in a shipping debate, but 
wanted 
> to clear up what seemed like a pretty blatant inaccuracy.

Luna: 
Hi Cory!
Actually, if we limit ourselves to the books, you are right, you can 
find clues for any ship you can think of. But if we follow JKR 
answers to questions in the shippy side, you'll realize that she is 
following a pattern:

H/H are very platonic friends, but she won't answer for someone 
else...

And look at these answers:

Dateline NBC
June 20, 2003

Couric: "Any snogging with Hermione?"

Rowling: (slight frown) "Hermione and Harry! Do you think so?"

Couric: "No I'm kidding. 

Rowling: "Ron and Hermione, I would say, have more potential (or did 
she say "tension") there" (A/N: I know this is a crucial sentence, 
but I had some trouble understanding her here— she mumbles the 
sentence a little. This is my best interpretation! Either way, R/H 
shippers around the world are grinning!)

Barnes and Noble Chat
20 October 2000

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

JKR: Well done on the reading speed! Yes, something's "going on," but 
Ron doesn't realize it yet. Typical boy. 

Well, I don't think she is lying to hide the "real ship" for the 
simple reason that the shippy side of the books is not that 
important. It is not such a big mystery. When JKR wants to be shippy, 
she is overly so ;-))...