SHIP: JKR: Recent Comment on the Shippin g Controversy

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No: HPFGUIDX 102345

Hi,

I am new here and, having read the extensive guidelines to posting, 
I hope I am doing this right.  So, I am starting with a brief 
introduction and following with my comments on the SHIP topic of 
conversation.

I am 35 and have been a huge HP fan right from the beginning (using 
my son - only a baby at the time LOL - as an "excuse" to be reading 
the Sorcerer's Stone).  Now, I'm delighted to say, that once baby is 
now reading Azkaban and he and his younger brother have been 
watching the movies with me and love it.  Now I don't use them as an 
excuse anymore, but enjoy sharing HP with them.

Anyway, on to the topic ...

My feeling about the Ron/Hermione/Harry triangle is this:  Ron and 
Hermione have a close friendship as well as a mutual attraction and 
because of this friendship they feel funny about their attraction 
and don't know what (if anything) they want to do about their 
feelings.  Harry, on the other hand, only feels about Hermione as a 
friend (maybe even like the sister he never had) and Hermione the 
same about Harry.  But because girls mature faster than boys and 
she's more intellectual (thinks way too much on things sometimes), 
Hermione may be confused about her feelings about Harry (can girls 
and boys actually be just close friends?).

I don't believe Harry and Hermione will end up together - maybe they 
will have a brief fling, but it won't last and they will always 
remain the closest of friends.  I mean, we're talking about 
teenagers here, so relationship experimentation (and confusion) is 
to be expected, but Hermione and Harry just seem to be better 
friends than anything else.  

As for Ron and Hermione ... well it could go either way (it's all in 
JKR's hands).  I think it would be great if they end up together, 
but then again there is a school full of students and maybe there 
are another boy and girl meant for them. 

Victoria