Predictions WAS Re: [HPforGrownups] Book from Black's house/Good?Draco

[phoenixgod2000]

No: HPFGUIDX 129689


> K:  

<snipped a whole bunch of stuff I agree with>
 
> 5.  With whom will Harry have a romantic relationship?
> 
> Ultimately he will end up with Ginny.   I've read too many 
romantic  
> books to know that when a little girl has a big crush on a boy 
they go  
> through stages:  1.  Longing and Admiration (PS/SS and CoS)  2.  
> Acceptance and other people (Goblet of Fire)  3. Friendship (OotP) 
4.  
> Irritation (I predict this is what we'll get in Book 5.  A lot of  
> Elizabeth and Darcy-esque bickering)  5.  True love and  
> happily-ever-after.
> 
> JKR thinks highly enough of Jane Austen that I'd be surprised if 
this  
> relationship isn't purely Austenian.
> 
> I think that maybe the Harry-romance of this book will be the  
> flirtatious bickering with Ginny.

I know nothing about Jane Austen or any of the other romantic novels 
that people use as evidence for a H/G romance, but I have to ask. 
Would JK really use the flirtatious bickering (fb) model twice? 
Don't Ron and Hermione already have that one locked up? It seems to 
me like that would be retreading old ground. I think Harry, if he 
has a real relationship, is going to want one that is way less 
complicated and confrontational than fb with Ginny. I don't think he 
has the emotional tools for that. when Harry fights, he goes all 
out. no holding back, no gentle chiding. Harry is going to end up 
with an even tempered woman who knows how to defuse him, not 
escalate him like Ginny.  My guess would be Susan Bones.

This is how I see it happening.  Amelia bones becomes the new MoM 
and Susan, who lives with her IIRC, becomes a lot more well known 
and famous within the school and hates it as much as Harry. She 
stays after DA meetings to comiserate with him about the pains of 
sudden fame. they talk a little, and before Harry can stop himself, 
he asks her out to hogsmead for a weekend date. he marvels at how 
much more natural it felt than dealing with high pressure cho and 
they have a great time. steal a few kisses in between the halls, and 
poof, Harry has his first real girlfriend.  Works, flows naturally, 
and best of all, she isn't is as annoying as InstaCool!Ginny.

<begins muttering to himself>

please, god let it work out this way. I can't take a long H/G ship 
that lasts two books.

<ceases muttering>

I also see genuine Harry/Luna sparks that could eventually lead to 
something, but I think Susan Bones is the best bet.

phoenixgod2000