Why did JKR not explore H/Hr as canon?

[colebiancardi]

No: HPFGUIDX 168674

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Miles" <miles at ...> wrote:
>
> colebiancardi wrote:
> > ahhh, but how does that old saying go?  A boy will marry his mother?
> > I see a lot of Molly in Hermione and I see a lot of the relationship
> > in Arthur & Molly and Ron & Hermoine.
> 
> Miles:
> Molly was the brightest witch of her age? Molly was as ambitious as
Hermione
> is?
> I really don't see it. Molly may want to push Arthur to a career he
does not
> really want to have, but where do you see any parallels to Hermione?
> The only one is that Molly is the Weasley who decides things, is
dominant in
> the family.
> 

colebiancardi:  

I was referring to personality.  Strip away the "brightest" stuff and
their personalities are pretty similar.  They both can get petty (RE:
 Molly's coolness towards Hermione when she thought that Hermione
"broke" Harry's heart) and their strong presence.  And as far as
ambition goes, who is to say that Molly's ambition isn't as strong as
Hermione's?  They may not be the same ambition, but I can see that
Molly's ambition to be a mother & a force in her family is just as
ambitious as Hermione's ambition(which seems to be doing public service)

> colebiancardi:
> > What do Ron &
> > Hermione have in common outside of Hogwarts?  Well, call me a
> > romantic, but it is their love for one another.
> 
> Miles:
> To fall in love is sufficient for a happy time together, but not for
a life
> together ;). JKR seems to follow the romantic pattern "they fell in
love at
> school, married, and lived happily ever after." Well, that's not very
> realistic, right? Yes, it is just a novel, and fiction, so no need for
> realism. But the start of this thread was about "shipping", and I simply
> disagree with those who state that Ron and Hermione are a perfect match.
> They really, really aren't.
> 

colebiancardi:

In your opinion.  I think that Ron & Hermione are a perfect match for
their age.  And although I agree that most people(today) do not and
should not get married at such a young age, in the past, they did and
they did stay married.  The WW seems to be running behind in modernity
in a lot of aspects, and I can see that population being similar in
their culture as a culture about 50-70 years ago.  

I do not think JKR will marry off any of the young characters at the
end of DH.  Shippers, which I am not a part of that group, are looking
to pair couples up, but it doesn't mean they want them to get married
and have a ton of kids.  

colebiancardi