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JKR's thoughts on Hermione & Ron (sp)
In a new interview conducted by Emma Watson, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling drops a bombshell: She regrets putting Ron and Hermione together.
The shocking revelation came in the new issue of Wonderland, of which Watson is a guest editor this month. The comments were obtained by The Sunday Times.
Rowling says that she should have put Hermione and Harry together in the Harry Potter series instead of Hermione and Ron, according to the publication’s headline, which reads, “JK admits Hermione should have wed Harry.”
“I wrote the Hermione/Ron relationship as a form of wish fulfillment,” she says. “That’s how it was conceived, really. For reasons that have very little to do with literature and far more to do with me clinging to the plot as I first imagined it, Hermione ended up with Ron.”
“I know, I’m sorry,” she continued, “I can hear the rage and fury it might cause some fans, but if I’m absolutely honest, distance has given me perspective on that. It was a choice I made for very personal reasons, not for reasons of credibility. Am I breaking people’s hearts by saying this? I hope not.”
Watson didn’t seem shocked by these comments and agreed with her. “I think there are fans out there who know that too and who wonder whether Ron would have really been able to make her happy.”
Rowling also says that Ron and Hermione would have needed “relationship counseling.”
We obtained these comments via a preview The Sunday Times posted on Twitter. More may be shared in the full article.
This is the first we’re hearing about Watson interviewing Rowling for Wonderland, and we’ll be sure to keep an eye out for the full interview.
As fans are aware, Ron and Hermione raised two children: Rose and Hugo.
Ron and Hermione: Do you agree it was a mistake?
In 2011, Rowling revealed that she “seriously considered” killing Ron. Poor guy hasn’t had good revelations come out about him in this post-Potter world.
Thanks to The Sunday Times’ Twitter and Marine for the tip.
Re: JKR's thoughts on Hermione & Ron (sp)
I loved the Ron & Hermoine relationship. For someone who was always coming in 2nd (or 3rd, 4th, or 5th) compared to the people in his life, I loved that he got the girl in the end.
I think it would have been incredibly cliche for Hermoine and Harry to end up together. I was actually pleasantly surprised to find out that it wasn't written that way.
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For me this is going to depend on context. We don't have the full question and quote yet so depending on what Exactly the question is this may not bother me. If she is aski a direct question if you had to do it over would you put R&H together) I don't expect her to lie to protect her readers feelings. So I'll wait and see.
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But, I disagree with her opinion on this one. :P I think she wrote these books perfectly.
I, too, loved that Harry and Hermione were just friends. Hermione and Ron are an interesting couple...... And Harry and Ginny? I am happy with them, too. Especially because by marrying Ginny Harry got to become a real member of an awesome family.
If he had married Hermione? He would still be an orphan. Even if the Grangers would never have had their memories wiped out, I don't think that having two dentists as ILs would have been has healing to Harry as having Arthur and Molly.