You're gonna be bothered by how cool I am.

I'm quite aware that we are the "readers". I'm not sure how I couldn't be.

What I was saying, is that Rowling could have been only reiterating, in her interview, what we now "know" from the book, which is that it's Ron and Hermione.

In HBP, she laid more "anvils" than ever that it is indeed Ron and Hermione who like one another. Harry himself has thought that "it was only a matter of time" and knew that "something like this would eventually happen", and thought to himself that he would just have to see what would happen "under the influence of dim lights and butterbeer". That speaks to that he KNOWS that it's Ron and Hermione.

What that DOESN'T tell us, however, is whether or not Harry is right in his assumptions.

So as of book six, yes, we do now "know" that it's Ron and Hermione... just like Harry thinks he "knows".

But if it turns out that Harry's been wrong all this time about that R and Hr like one another romantically (and I explained in my previous posting why I think the text supports a twist in that direction), then what we now "know" will be turned on it's ear, just like what Harry thinks he "knows" will.

I still believe that when Rowling speaks about specific plot points in her books, she only speaks about them in regards to what we already know from the books.. which is usually what Harry knows, since most everything is written from his point of view... and certainly R/Hr is written from his point of view, in that he views their behavior as evidence that they like one another romantically.

Anything beyond what the book has already told us she does not answer, because it is giving away her plot, unless she's directly shooting down something, in which case, she makes no bones about it, but says directly... "No____ will not happen." When she's shooting down a theory, she's never coy or says it in a round about way. She says "No, Dumbledore is most definitely dead." "No, Neville and Luna will not happen. I find them different people." "No, Draco and Hermione.. Draco and Ginny will not happen."

She's never done this with H/Hr. That coupled with all else I've already posted leads me to believe that she's being coy for a reason.

Cheers, Bama...

and sorry for posting anonymously... I figured everyone would soon know who I was anyway. But I think I've been pretty respectful! I hope so, anyway. :0)

And I will hijack ConnieLane's LJ no further.