Ron WAS: Re: DH reread CH 4-5

[sartoris22]

No: HPFGUIDX 186301

Zara:

First, how exactly does this subplot satisfy a Harry/Hermione shipper? I'm not one, but I would be very surprised if they would find it satisfying. Because there isn't any romance that develops, and then we get to see a warped and ugly depiction of the ship in question courtesy of Voldemort, and then Ron destroys it, and then Harry explains how Hermione is like a sister to him and he's never been interested in her in that way. I fail to see where the satisfaction is supposed to come from. 

sartoris22:

Below is an interview with J.K. Rowling posted on sntichseeker in which she discusses the time when Harry and Hermione are alone after Ron leaves. If you notice, Rowling herself admits that there is a possibility something could happen between Harry and Hermione. Although we can certainly debate her motivation for this alone time, I don't think it implausibe that this alone time would please Harry/Hermione shippers, particularly when Rowling admits the moments between them are so charged they could possibly lead to romance:


"[Kloves] felt a certain pulll between them at that point. And I think he's right. There are moments when [Harry and Hermione] touch, which are charged moments. One when she touches his hair as he sits on the hiltop reading about Dumbledore and Grindelwald, and [two] the moment when they walk out of the graveyard with their arms around each other."

I was holding my breath at this point. She wasn't done.

"Now the fact is that Hermione shares moments with Harry that Ron will never be able to participate in. He walked out. She shared something very instense with Harry.

"So I think it could have gone that way."