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

PeachesPig: "
I'm really delighted that you think so! I've read etc"

Well, the scene implies romance from Harry's POV. Harry thinks Ron missed the point, even though Ron says that Hermione missed it.

But whether or not Harry is wrong in his assumption remains to be seen. And again, because Harry never gets confirmation about his feelings this can very well set us, and Harry up for finding out that he's been wrong all along.

The R/Hr issue is just another area where Rowling gives enough information to come to a conclusion, but not enough to confirm whether or not that conclusion is the correct one. This has gone on regarding R/Hr for at least three years. I find that suspicious. Since Rowling has surprised us before based on insufficient info, I say it can be happening again.

PeachesPig:
"Harry doesn't say whether he believes him..."

Harry says later that he'd known this was coming, and that he would have to see what happened between them under the influence of dim lights and butterbeer. This is regarding when Harry assumes that Hermione is asking Ron on a "date" to Slughorn's party, though actually Hermione had been hinting for some time that Harry should hurry up and find a date because of the girls waiting to potion him, and only asked Ron when Harry told her there was no one he wanted to take. Ron assumes Hermione asks him as friends, he's a "free agent" "never promised her anything". HARRY is the one who thought otherwise.

PeachesPig: "I think you mean something different than I do when you say "Harry thinks..."

Whatever we do or don't know, hear, or witness between Ron and Hermione is what Harry doesn't know either. We only know what we know when Harry hears about it or witnesses it. Therefore Harry and the reader are basing their conclusions on the same information or lack thereof. Harry, and the reader may be wrong. We may be being fooled just like Harry might be.

Rowling has used limited information, or misinformation, or wrong conclusions to bring about twists before.


PeachesPig: "And I have to confess - I do form my opinions on this world by actually reading the words in the books... Only that I urge you to be brave instead!"

"Brave"? Erm... I don't know what you mean by that. I don't remember trembling this morning. lol

But yes...the style of writing Rowling is using often limits our information, and therefore often misleads us. The info she gives us may be PART of the answer, but may lead us to thinking the wrong way, just like Harry has done before. Or the info may be vague enough as to be looked at several ways, and we happen to pick the most obvious, but wrong one. I see R/Hr's feelings as one of those ambiguous areas in canon, and I see that Rowling may have decided to KEEP it that way for a reason.

Harry's suspicions about R/Hr have never been confirmed in all this time. I find that highly suspicious of a red-herring.


PeachesPig: But H/Hr was exactly what they were talking about etc etc "

And all she did was confirm the "anvils" she laid down, which no one is denying.

What we're thinking is that the whole reason they weren't merely clues, but anvils, was to hide the coming twist.

Now that I've read "Emma", I can see it clearly, and now that I've learned some about the alchemical steps the "seeker" goes through to becoming the "philosopher's stone", it makes sense that H/G happened too. Ginny was a stepping stone in Harry's journey.

Since Rowling IS setting up for a twist (in my opinion, she is), then of course, in her interview, she's going to reinforce the red-herrings she so carefully laid down.

PeachesPig: She didn't just change the subject midstream etc etc"

I reread book six like she told us too. Having done so, I see where certain things can be looked at differently.

And as Rowling also told a young interviewer named Emma Coad that only half her answer (about H/Hr) was in book six, I'm going to take that to mean that all is not over concerning shipping.

And now I'm truly done.