SHIP Re: Why did JKR not explore H/Hr as canon?

[kmrhapsody]

No: HPFGUIDX 169145

PhoenixGod2000:
> I think Ginny comes across incredibly poorly in books five and six. 
> The reason is she dumps Dean is just plain ugly and the way she and
> Harry liplock in front of him is very cruel.

kmrhapsody:
To add to this fire, I must also say that her public diss of Hermione
was just rotten. To effectively shun the one person who has bothered
to notice and in her own way encourage the development of the "new
beloved Ginny" for the purposes of getting some cool points with Harry
was a pretty lousy move. That pretty much sealed the deal for me
disliking Ginny altogether. Still, much like Hermione's oppungo move
on Ron, we do know that individuals act that way towards one another.
So it's not actually totally out of left field for either chararacter
to treat one another in this manner.

Speaking of which, that is also the reason why I am still on the fence
on whether or not Hermione does have a crush on Ron, at the same level
as Ron does for her. She is always rooting for the underdog and made
many moves throughout the series to keep Ron in the fold and to
minimize his feelings of alienation. In return, Ron treats her rather
cruelly. She is never capable of doing anything right in his eyes and
is always at odds with him. That is why I think she attacked him with
the birds. I would have done the same. 

Still, once again, there are some rather shortsided boys who act as
Ron does towards Hermione, so it's all par for the course as far as I
can see.

Admittingly, for most of the series, I expected a H/Hr pairing because
it seems to make a lot of sense on a basic level. Still, if I were
Hermione's friend, I would certainly be the person who disproves of
her hooking up with Ron based on the history they have together. I
just can't abide by cruelty. I don't see it as a necessary or
endearing romantic trait. A little ribbing every now and again (in a
spirit of fun) is normal. But I read several places, again and again,
where the spirit of meanness outweighs any possibility of reading his
actions towards her as an exaggerated teasing. 

PheonixGod2000:
 
> Ginny is literally the least interesting choice she could have made
> for Harry's LI--which I could have accept had it been written well.
> But it just isn't.
> 

Kmrhapsody:

Yes, that was one of the many reasons why I threw the book across the
room the first time that I read it. I really wasn't ready to accept
all of the undeveloped bits and quite frankly expected more from JKR
than just cram them in there so sloppily. To use her words, "It's
done, isn't it?" 

Kmrhapsody who really has to go to work now.