Why did JKR not explore H/Hr as canon?

[Nirjhar Jain]

No: HPFGUIDX 168740

 Pippin:
> Harry is an 'E' student who got one 'O'. Hermione is an 'O' student
> who got one 'E'. If you are looking for intellectual equals in the
> current cast, I'm afraid there's only Snape and Voldemort to choose
> from. Fortunately, Hermione has Fleur's example in front of her --
> she's smart enough for any two people, just as Fleur is pretty
> enough.


Nirjhar:

I guess you are right in that sense. What I was alluding was that it
was obvious (at least to me) that Harry and Hermione are the male &
female leads of Potterama. So, I thought that they would be paired up.
I guess it would be a cliche to pair them up and Jo is not falling
for that.

I agree that Harry Potter is not a romance novel. So, all this
shipping bit is rather inconsequential as far as JKR is concerned.

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.


I disagree with you here. IMO, Ginny's personality was indeed
'enhanced' in Books 5 & 6. Her ascent from this awed preteen to this
agressive Ginny that we know of today was rather surprising and a bit
unnerving.

I have nothing against H/G. I just wished JKR had gone about setting
H/G up in a more believale manner. I guess JKR was busy plotting up
more important stuff.

nj