SHIP: Harry and Hermione together per JKR chat?

[Jim Ferer]

No: HPFGUIDX 92083

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "vecseytj" <vecseytj at t...> wrote:
TJ:I couldn't make heads nor tail of this question...

"Will Harry and Hermione *will* be together? *sight*"
 
JRK:  lol not saying but you have enough clues by now surely?!
 
TJ:By JRK's reply I thougt at first she is asking if H/H are an item. 

Jim (me): That's the way I take it, too.

"Then I thought is she asking if H/H are going to say friends?"

No, the person was asking JKR if Harry and Hermione will be a couple,
I'm sure.  Who would ask if they're not going to be friends?  Why
would anyone doubt that much?

And then I thought  What is the second *will* supposed to say? (is it>
*still* or *ever* or is the second *will* supposed to be there at all?)

I'm sure it was just a pair of nervous flying fingers.  It doesn't
make sense otherwise.  Sometimes when I'm in chat you'd think
"Tarantellegra!" had been cast on my fingers.

My idea of "clues" is what we see of the developing personalities and
relationships, not in a tiny cue here and a tiny cue there. Seen in
the thematic way, I see Harry and Hermione growing closer and closer
all the time; Harry identifying with the way Hermione thinks and
hearing her voice inside; Hermione knowing just what Harry needs and
exerting herself for it with intelligence and even ruthlessness if
needed.  Now, a close friend would do the same, maybe, but I believe
this is more, or will be more as time goes on.

I've always believed that JKR's clues are under the skins of the
characters, not in chopping up tiny patches of text like tax lawyers.
   Skyscrapers built on the head of a pin don't generally stand up.