Why did JKR not explore H/Hr as canon?.

[honeypi28]

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eggplant
> It's clear that Ron is in love with Hermione, if Harry were to steal
> her away from him the trio would be dead.

honeypi
I don't see it that way at all.  I would really only call it a crush.  Friends get crushes on each other all the time.  It's entirely normal
for friends to work out their feelings of jealousy and envy.  It's
part of growing up, and will only make them stronger.  My best friend and I had a crush on the same boy again and again.  We had very
similar tastes - is this really such an unusual concept?  Fifteen
years, and we are still best friends.

eggplant:
>And even if he wasn't in love with her he'd still be the odd man out;
> as it is Ron's the junior member of the trio, a Harry Hermione
> relationship would reduce Ron to a buffoon, nothing more than comic
> relief. Ron deserves better.

honeypi:
Well, I guess I think more of Ron than others.  He is a funny bloke,
but buffoon?  I don't think so.  Harry loves him dearly, so does
Hermione.  He's proven to be courageous, loyal, athletic, intelligent,
and even heroic.  I'm not certain of much, but I'm certain than
whomever Harry and Hermione end up with, it will not cause Ron to seem
like a buffoon.

eggplant:
> In fan fiction when 2 characters fall in love we readers have to
> endure long sickly soliloquies where they express their undying love
> for each. In contrast Rowling's characters don't talk about how much
> they love each other, they show it.

honeypi:
I think you snipped too early, I said "maybe I missed that declaration
or moment of realization" .   A moment of realization may certain (and
is likely most often) unspoken.  My interpretation of what I've read
is that none of the trio has ever been in love.

eggplant
>  Off the top of my head I can't remember anything she did that was
> particularly unlikable.

honeypi:
It seems you are pleased with Ginny's character development.  I would
not try to dampen your affection for her by listing her faults.  And I
certainly don't want to suggest that Ginny is the only one with
shortcomings.

eggplant:
>I think the question [of which ships will be cannon] was settled way
> back in book 4.

honeypi:
I am sure you are correct.  Hermione first kissed Harry in book 4,
right?  As you said, they don't talk about it, they show it.

I'm having a little fun at my own expense.  It seems the masses
believe the ships are either irrelevant (I'm leaning this way) or
already set in stone.   Whatever JKR does is fine, I'm sure she'll be
criticized no matter what she does, which is entirely appropriate.

Honeypi