[HPforGrownups] Relationships

[John Fisher]

No: HPFGUIDX 132528

On 7/9/05, Meliss9900 at aol.com <Meliss9900 at aol.com> wrote:
> JKR even said (Aug 15 2004 -- Edinburg Book Festival) that she wasn't going
> to reveal the final pairings . .that she couldn't. . . and "you will have to
> read between the lines on that one".

Does anybody else take this to mean that, perhaps, the final 'ships
are tied into major plot points?  I mean, it wouldn't kill our
enjoyment of the story for Jo to say: "Ron likes Hermy and Ginny likes
Harry."

Possible reasons she can't say that (or whatever):
- Harry dies, effective wrecking his 'ship
- Ron dies; Harry comforts a distraught Hermione for the next hundred years
- Hermione di--no, I ain't goin' there.  Is Strictly Forbidden to kill the girl.
- Any other ideas?

-John