Why did JKR not explore H/Hr as canon?

[Ken Hutchinson]

No: HPFGUIDX 168704

> pippin:
> 
> I don't think Ginny's personality was 'enhanced.' I thought from
> the moment she appeared on the platform in Book One that 
> she had been created to captivate Harry when the time came,
> and that JKR would deliberately find ways to keep Harry
> (and inattentive readers) from noticing her charms until the
> time had come. 
> 
> 

Ken:

I agree. I can't claim to have known from her first appearance whether
Ginny would be Harry's eventual love interest or just a perpetual
hanger on but both possibilities were obvious from the start.
Originally I thought Hermione would be the one but it became clear
quite early in the series that Harry was going to view her as a
sister/friend. The attraction between Ron and Hermione was obvious to
the reader and Hermione long before it was to Ron and long before
Harry seemed to have any real interest in girls.

What do Harry and Hermione have in common? Both were raised as Muggles
and essentially were Muggles until they received their Hogwarts
invitations. Both were befriended early in their Hogwarts careers by
the same wizzarding family. Both see in that family something they
wish they had had all along. Is it so odd that both would turn to
Weaselys for partners? Neither Harry nor Hermione is a full blown
member of the WW in the cultural sense. To fully integrate both need a
lifelong member of the culture as a partner. People don't always
choose their partners on such a rational basis but in that sense these
are excellent pairings. 

I guess I also like the fact that while the Weasleys are held in
disdain by some rich purebloods, their children are attracting some
very impressive wizards and witches as mates. Two boys are excellent
entrepreneurs. Two more are doing well in professional positions. Even
Percy the Prat still holds some promise of coming around. Taken as a
whole it is a powerful statement about the importance of family and
community versus wealth and arrogance. Does anyone expect anything
good to come from the Malfoys? It would be depend on Draco getting
religion so I'm not holding my breath. A Harry/Hermione pairing would
not enhance this statement the way that the present parings do,
although it would not destroy it either.

I was fully prepared for Ginny to be either comic relief or an
interesting young witch. I am sorry that some (many?) find her
"transformation" jarring. I see it only as a awestruck young girl
growing to become a capable young woman. It only seems jarring to the
reader because she was flying below Harry's radar until the changes
were complete. We don't get to see anything Harry doesn't notice very
well but there were hints all along. I just hope that they both live
to become a couple again. They are a good match, not that Harry and
Hermione wouldn't be a good match too.

Ken