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[ladyzenobia.livejournal.com]

http://www.hypable.com/2014/02/01/jk-rowling-ron-hermione-relationship-regret-interview/

“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.”

Have you seen this? I think it's interesting that she said that she was clinging to the plot as she first imagined it. That explains a lot about the epilogue!

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[hwyla.livejournal.com]

I must admit that I hardly see Hermione and Harry as a 'Happily ever after' either.

In truth, I think the reason Hermione is so often paired with Sev in fanfic is that he's the only seemingly intelligent guy on hand. Which tends to the ridiculous - it isn't as if there are not other intelligent guys in canon. They are just either not fleshed out - probably practically any Ravenclaw or several of the Slytherins - Blaise or Theodore if not Draco. And of course, the Slytherins HAD to be discounted simply for being Slytherins.

Really, based on the 'fighting' concept Draco was almost as likely as Ron - if not for the idea that she would have been 'forbidden fruit' for Draco. Come to think of it, that was actually probably what was behind a great many Draco/Hermione fics.

[oryx_leucoryx]

And Draco actually warns Hermione from the mob in GOF.

Post-war Hermione/Draco can have both of them becoming older and wiser together.