Why did JKR not explore H/Hr as canon?

[Ken Hutchinson]

No: HPFGUIDX 168721

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, BrwNeil at ... wrote:
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> In a message dated 5/14/2007 2:53:33 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> klhutch at ... writes:
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> >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.
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> >Ken
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> Neil:
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> My problem with Ginny is that JKR never showed her changing from a
groupie  
> to someone who liked Harry because he was Harry and not the boy who
lived.
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No, she doesn't show it and I guess that is the problem for those of
you who hate the "new" Ginny. She doesn't show it *because Harry
doesn't notice it*. It is there, very subtly, all along. I think that
Ginny is *both* starstruck and genuinely attracted to Harry from the
beginning. Ginny is acting her age in the beginning, the starstruck
quality drops away, realistically so, but the attraction remains even
when she distracts herself with other boys. *We* don't see that last
bit because *Harry* doesn't notice. Harry doesn't seem to really
notice girls at all until page 388 of GOF (US pb ed); when he needs to
get a date for the Yule Ball. Ginny explains the evolution of her
feelings for Harry in HBP. Some of you don't accept that but I find it
far less jarring than Hermione's revelation of the time turner in PoA.
In both cases there are plenty of clues. The time turner clues were
heavy handed because we had no way to tell what they meant. The Ginny
clues are much more subtle.

It has been obvious to me from very early on that Harry does not
regard Hermione in the same way that Ron does. Even though she is not
starstruck with Ron Hermione does seem to fall into a friendship with
Harry more easily because she has no romantic feelings for him. Maybe
you don't accept Harry/Ginny but, and I say this kindly, if you missed
the Ron/Hermione dynamic you weren't paying close attention!

Ken