SHIP:how about a random love interest? I think so ....

[hermionekitten9]

No: HPFGUIDX 92830

Samnanya said
>There is not much time left in the story to introduce new chars or
>expand minor chars into major ones. With a war going on, unresolved
>issues with Durmstrang, Beauxbatons, Wormtail, Bagman, Grawp, 
>Firenze,
>and a host of death eaters, giants, goblins, house elves, and
>Dursleys, and on and on, there is not enough TIME ..... {don't even
>think of a time turner}.
>The last chance for new significant characters was in OOP. There are
>only at most 1500-1800 or so pages to go and an awful lot of loose
>ends to tighten up.... In addition, a new char would not ring true 
>>[so
>to speak] if they ended up with Harry or helped save the day.
I>f you really are not a HH or HG shipper, all that is really left is
>HL. After OOP, HL can hardly be considered random as they do have
>much in common.

Kitten says
See... I Just don't think that time is up for new characters, and 
let me explain why. First of all, how boring would the books be 
without new characters? In OOP alone we met Tonk, Mundungus, 
Umbridge, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Luna, Ginny Weasley ;) not to 
mention countless of Hogwarts students through the DA. How boring 
would the book be without these people? 

In my opinion, JKR has set up the books for minor characters TOO 
expand into major ones. Have you forgotten about Dedalus Diggle, and 
Susan Bones, Both these characters in my opinion have been mention 
one to many times in cannon too stay out of the spotlight. If JKR 
didn't create anything new or branch minor characters into majors 
ones and just sit there and resolve old things that need to be 
resolved I'm thinking that the sixth and seventh books are going to 
be an extremely long read. I mean who cares about Grawp, or house 
elves?

I believe that in the next book we are going to see a lot more 
students develop into larger rolls, not necessarily major ones, but 
definitely more screen time. Something I think that not only would 
be interesting to read, but needs to happen, based on the House's 
united theme. Not to mention your list of unresolved issues with 
Durmstrang, Beauxbatons, Wormtail, Bagman, Grawp, Firenze, and a 
host of death eaters, giants, goblins, house elves, and the 
Dursleys. Wouldn't resolving these issues mean branching out
these minor plot points, and characters into major ones? I think 
that JKRs comment about Harry getting kissed in the upcoming books 
pretty much proves that Harry isn't going to be hammered down by 
everything that's going on as some people thinks he is.
  

And as for a LOVE INTEREST... take a look at Luna, she was in one 
book, and people immediately fell in love with her, that she is one 
of the major ships for Harry. You don't think JKR could do the same 
thing for Susan, Lavender, Hannah, and other girls that have been 
mention repeatedly in ALL the books? 

Harry has not shown interest in ANYONE! Trust me if he liked someone 
as more then a friend we all would know, the fact that he doesn't
is what make these shipping debates so much fun. So... Let's say
for example that in some alternate Harry Potter universe Harry 
starts to see Hermione as more then a friend. JKR would have to 
Develop that relationship, she would have to make Harry realize that 
Hermione is special and is the girl for him, in such a way that it 
won't seemed rushed or well...stupid. Something that would take 
about the same length of time as to have a new girl develop into 
something more.

Kitten
Who dosen's like Luna, Ginny, or Hermione as Harry's girl; and will 
continue to fight for the underdogs.