Did J.K. Rowling want Hermione to end up with Harry?

But Britain's Sunday Times published excerpts of the interview in a front-page story, “JK admits Hermione should have wed Harry.” “I wrote the Hermione/Ron relationship as a form of wish fulfillment. That's how it was conceived, really,” Rowling says in the interview.
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Why didn't Rowling put Harry and Hermione together?

In an interview with Emma Watson, who played Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films, Joanne Rowling stated that the reason for the Hermione/Ron pairing (and perhaps by implication Harry and Hermione not ending up together) was "wish fulfillment."
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Why does Harry not like Hermione?

Harry and Hermione are not suited to each other romantically. This is the biggest reason that this ship could never work, and so called fans who push for it are ignoring just how badly Hermione makes Harry feel ESPECIALLY when he is going through very personal and emotional things.
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Does J.K. Rowling wishes Harry and Hermione?

J.K. Rowling says she regrets pairing Ron and Hermione in the Harry Potter books. In an interview to be published in Wonderland and excerpted in the U.K.'s Sunday Times, she said, "I wrote the Hermione/Ron relationship as a form of wish fulfillment.
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Why did J.K. Rowling regret Ron and Hermione?

'It was a choice I made for very personal reasons, not for reasons of credibility,' Rowling admits of Ron and Hermione's romance. Poor Ron Weasley; more and more, he's becoming the red-headed step-child of the "Harry Potter" universe, well after the series' conclusion.
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Who did J.K. Rowling regret killing in Harry Potter?

Arthur Weasley

J.K. Rowling has said in interviews that she felt she had to 'kill parents' to amplify the fear Lord Voldemort brought upon the wizarding world. But she also couldn't lose Arthur. 'If there's one character I couldn't bear to part with, it's Arthur Weasley,' she told The Today Show back in 2007.
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Did Hermione cheat on Ron?

HOGWARTS REUNION STORY WARNING: Ron-bashing Nineteen years ago, Hermione Granger was dating Ronald Weasley. The night before their first anniversary, Hermione catches Ron cheating on her. Devastated, Hermione moves on with her life, until she runs...
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Did Harry ever like Hermione?

The explanation is very simple - Harry has a very strong sexual desire for Ginny. He has no such feelings for Hermione. Sex is a fundamental aspect of adult relations. Sex is, in fact, the characteristic that defines the difference between a platonic relationship and a romantic one.
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What did J.K. Rowling regret about Harry Potter?

"I felt a huge sadness that I wouldn't write a graduation scene," she told fans on Pottercast. "I knew from early days that we would never see them graduate... I felt sad that the book wasn't gonna end with that Feast scene, the graduation scene. But it couldn't...
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Did J.K. Rowling want Hermione to end up with Draco?

Though Hermione and Ron do end up together at the end of the HP Saga, the acclaimed author has said in several interviews that she considered having Hermione and Draco end up together in the end. Rowling even suggested that Draco bullying Hermione was like adolescent hair pulling on the playground.
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Do Hermione and Ron get divorced?

There's one particular timeline where Ron and Hermione never ended up married, which causes huge ramifications for their adult personalities. The only problem with that scenario is that it was Ron who happily married Padma Patil, and Hermione remained single.
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Who fell in love first Ron or Hermione?

Of the two of them, it was Hermione who realized she liked Ron first as she dropped heavy hints in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire of her attraction.
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Did Harry and Ginny get divorced?

In the epilogue to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which is set 19 years later, it's revealed that Harry married Ginny Weasley, Ron's sister, and they have three children. Ron and Hermione have two kids together.
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Who Should Harry Potter have ended up with?

1 Hermione

The number one girl Harry should have ended up with instead of Ginny can't be anyone else than his best friend Hermione Granger.
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Why didnt Harry Potter end up with Cho?

Cho didn't like Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger; she believed that Harry had romantic feelings for Hermione, instead of being friends. This was one of the reasons that Cho and Harry fell apart. However, she fought with Dumbledore's Army during the Battle of Hogwarts, and the most of them survived the war.
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Was Hermione supposed to end up with Fred?

She admitted that if this plan was to be put in order Fred Weasley and Hermione Granger would have ended up in a relationship. Because this is not what happened, she admitted she regrets the Ron and Hermione pairing, after "stepping back" from the series, and prefers the Harry and Hermione pairing.
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Who is J.K. Rowling's least favorite character?

I think her least favorite character is Pansy, she said that she hates Draco & Crabbe & Goyle but that Pansy is by far the most insufferable and is modeled after the girls that used to tease her in school. Hadn't even considered Pansy Parkinson, and you make a very good point.
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How many times was J.K. Rowling rejected for Harry Potter?

J.K. Rowling's original 'Harry Potter' pitch was rejected 12 times — see it in new exhibit. A new exhibit in the British Library features a number of magical delights!
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Which is J.K. Rowling's Favourite Harry Potter book?

J.K. Rowling's favorite 'Harry Potter' book is 'Prisoner of Azkaban'
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Is Hermione jealous of Harry?

(And most of the time Hermione was mad at him for being thick. She so obviously had a crush on him the entire series, and Harry was never jealous of them, he only worried that they'd get together and break up. But they wouldn't. They love each other.
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Why did Hermione kiss Harry in Goblet of Fire?

Originally Answered: Why did Hermione kiss Harry in the Goblet of Fire? She wanted to cheer him up after the horrible things he went throughout the year, the most notable thing being a witness to a fellow student's death and the rebirth of Voldemort. She kissed him out of sisterly love, not romantic love.
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Why was Hermione always at the Weasleys?

Probably because they were busy a lot with being dentists and she was bored being at home by herself, so they would let... hoggywartz reblogged this from potter-plotholes and added: Personally, I think the reason she wanted to spend the time at the burrow has more to do with how she felt more...
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Did Rowling consider killing Ron?

As reported by the Guardian, Rowling says, “I did seriously consider killing Ron.” Apparently, she briefly thought about killing off Harry's red-headed sidekick around the middle of the series, when she “wasn't in a very happy place.” It's an interesting piece of what-might-have-been trivia.
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Why is Ron and Hermione's relationship toxic?

7 TOXIC: RON WAS INSECURE AND JEALOUS

While Hermione did have her flaws, and they were also really young, Ron was definitely more immature than Hermione and Harry. He was really insecure about who he was, and he could also be really jealous.
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Why was Hermione mad at Ron in Half-Blood Prince?

In jealousy, Hermione decided she needs to fight fire with fire and invited Ron's Quidditch rival Cormac McLaggen to Slughorn's party. Quite the extent of her intrigue is apparent from they way she uncharacteristically gossiped with Parvati Patil about her taste in boys.
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