[InOne]

JK thinks so...

JK Rowling has admitted that she made a mistake by pairing off Hermione Granger with Ron Weasley rather than with Harry Potter in her best-selling books.
The author disclosed that she brought Hermione and Ron together for “very personal reasons”, not because they were a “credible” couple.
She told Wonderland magazine in a rare interview: "I wrote the Hermione/Ron relationship as a form of wish fulfilment. 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."
Rowling, 48, revealed in an epilogue to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and final book in the series, that Ron and Hermione were to marry and have two children, while Harry would wed Ron’s younger sister, Ginny.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/h...K-Rowling.html

What do YOU think? Or do you even care any more?

[Glenn.]

Just the thought of Harry and Hermione together is wrong.

Just the thought of adults caring is wronger.

[BBfanUSA]

Nah it's fine the way it is. It would've just meant that Ron was a pretty useless character

[Glenn.]

Originally Posted by Jesus.

Just the thought of adults caring is wronger.

I grew up with Harry Potter

[InOne]

Originally Posted by Jesus.

Just the thought of adults caring is wronger.

I think she needs to realise that probably half her fan base have now grown up and got over it.

Originally Posted by Glenn

I grew up with Harry Potter

You went to Hogwarts?

[Glenn.]

I was in Slytherin

[Kate!]

Harry 4 Hermione 4eva!

Lol.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Jesus.

Just the thought of adults caring is wronger.

this

[Z]

I bet they have a greasy, sleazy affair and the Weasleys will murder them and bury them in their garden.

[Marsh.]

I don't know about Harry and Hermione but I remember thinking Harry and Ginny just didn't ring true in the slightest.

If anything that pairing felt more like she'd stuck to what she'd planned to do ages ago regardless of it not really working.

But then my opinion might be based on the complete lack of chemistry or personality in movie Ginny.

[GiRTh]

Are her current projects not doing well? Is that why she's having to continue to talk about something that she intentionally ended a few years ago? Final question, why does anybody care?

[Marcus.]

no ron

[Saph]

Hermione should have been killed off tbh, or at least Ron, it sucks that they all lived

[GypsyGoth]

Usually the alpha female & alpha male pair off.

So it is kinda odd why she picked Ron, but I'm not sure the story would have been better had she chosen Harry, in fact it may have been more standard and predictable.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by GiRTh

Are her current projects not doing well? Is that why she's having to continue to talk about something that she intentionally ended a few years ago? Final question, why does anybody care?

She was asked the question in an interview.

She doesn't just wander the streets talking to people about Harry Potter.

[GiRTh]

Originally Posted by 08marsh

She was asked the question in an interview.

She doesn't just wander the streets talking to people about Harry Potter.

Hmmm. I dont see where it says she was asked. It just says she made the comments in an interview. In fact that article is so full of filler there's more about how the fans have reacted than about changes she'd have made to the book. Maybe she does walk the street talking about Harry Potter., I rarely hear of her talking about anything else.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by GiRTh

Hmmm. I dont see where it says she was asked. It just says she made the comments in an interview. In fact that article is so full of filler there's more about how the fans have reacted than about changes she'd have made to the book. Maybe she does walk the street talking about Harry Potter., I rarely hear of her talking about anything else.

I read it on Digital Spy which said she was interviewed for a magazine which Emma Watson was guest editing.

It seems the time still hasn't passed that every little mention she makes is turned into a huge article.

[Z]

I think that's the problem when you become known for a series (books, films, TV programs) - it's very difficult to shake the label of one hit wonder (in the broadest sense of the term) unless you're proactive about doing different things to make sure people don't associate you with just the one thing... perhaps if she'd written other novels in between writing Harry Potter books, she wouldn't have this problem, but she dedicated herself to writing it and now the success of that has surpassed her abilities as an author I think to recreate that magic elsewhere.

It must be weirdly frustrating for her; she's made millions out of writing seven books and yet anything else she does gets overlooked because of that success. It's hard for her to avoid talking about it because it's hard for her to avoid being asked about it.

[Marsh.]

Yeah, her last book hit the best seller list after she was revealed as using a pseudonym but she won't ever match Potter's success which means she can't step away from being associated/asked about it.

But that's the way it goes, no one gets that level of success over and over again.

[GiRTh]

Originally Posted by Zee

I think that's the problem when you become known for a series (books, films, TV programs) - it's very difficult to shake the label of one hit wonder (in the broadest sense of the term) unless you're proactive about doing different things to make sure people don't associate you with just the one thing... perhaps if she'd written other novels in between writing Harry Potter books, she wouldn't have this problem, but she dedicated herself to writing it and now the success of that has surpassed her abilities as an author I think to recreate that magic elsewhere.

It must be weirdly frustrating for her; she's made millions out of writing seven books and yet anything else she does gets overlooked because of that success. It's hard for her to avoid talking about it because it's hard for her to avoid being asked about it.

Agree and I think one hit wonder is an appropriate expression. She got lucky with the Harry Potter series. There are authors doing similarly themed book much better but she is the one who's a billionaire and world famous and has received numerous awards. I dont think she will ever surpass the success of Harry Potter which makes me wonder why she ended the series so completely. I would place money on there being some sort of Harry Potter prequel or sequel coming out at some point in the future cuz I cant see what else she can do that will give her the same amount of success.

[Z]

Originally Posted by GiRTh

Agree and I think one hit wonder is an appropriate expression. She got lucky with the Harry Potter series. There are authors doing similarly themed book much better but she is the one who's a billionaire and world famous and has received numerous awards. I dont think she will ever surpass the success of Harry Potter which makes me wonder why she ended the series so completely. I would place money on there being some sort of Harry Potter prequel or sequel coming out at some point in the future cuz I cant see what else she can do that will give her the same amount of success.

Yeah she really did. She's not an exceptionally talented writer; she just crafted a really great universe for her novels to exist within and she was faithful to that structure, she just got lucky that it captivated the minds of enough young readers for it to become a phenomenon and that it caught on so well, it became the in thing for kids to have read the new Harry Potter book... I guess the problem for her is that she's an author, a writer, that's what she likes to do but because she reached such dizzying heights of success she'll never be satisfied with anything she releases now because everyone (including J.K. Rowling herself) will be pitting it against the Harry Potter series in terms of success. She doesn't need the money but she likes writing and has perhaps become accustomed to instant success. You don't really hear of critics reviewing the Harry Potter series because people are gonna buy it regardless and she doesn't write any old **** because she's faithful to what her readers want to see... but now that it's over, she's suddenly opened herself up to criticisms of her writing.

[Glenn.]

I shan't be having any bad mouthing of JK Rowling I'm afraid

[Marsh.]

Wasn't that the point of the pseudonym though? She wanted to have the experience of reading reviews that just commented on her work as its own piece as opposed to something to be compared to Harry Potter.

I seriously doubt she craves a repeat of the Potter success, only a fool would think they'd repeatedly get that. Even the most talented of writer's or critically acclaimed ones tend to have 1 hugely successful piece that they become known for and is most remembered.

She has all the money she could ever need, fame and her name in the history books for all the records they broke. If she was still concerned about chasing the next big thing I'd be a bit concerned. You don't have to continually top such a huge success.

Also her last two novels hit the best seller lists and although not wildly popular still won favourable reviews even before she was revealed as the author so it's not like she's a failure.