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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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[aikaterini.livejournal.com]

While I was reading the books, I did support Ron/Hermione because it was obvious. I also never supported Harry/Hermione because it was clear in the books that Harry did not like her that way. In GoF, he felt miserable without Ron even though Hermione stood by him. He never once considered asking out Hermione to the Yule Ball or to Slughorn’s party, and in DH, he wasn’t “tempted” to make out with Hermione once Ron was gone. For me, Harry always saw her as a friend/sister/mother figure. And the fact that one of the things that he likes about Ginny is that she doesn’t cry easily and Hermione is very emotional with her tears and tantrums makes me think that Hermione wouldn’t end up any happier with him than she would with Ron. And I dislike the notion that Hermione has to automatically end up with Harry just because he’s the hero. Not every story has to follow that trope.

But a more interesting question about this, which I’ve seen floating about the Internet as well, is why this is JKR’s regret about Hermione. It’s not about her character and it’s not about her decisions regarding her family or friends or career. It’s about her love life. No matter whether you like or dislike Hermione, you have to concede that she was not solely defined by romance. Many fans, myself included, looked up to her because of her love of school, her academic prowess, the fact that she saved the world and Harry and Ron’s lives so many times that it warranted people asking why she wasn’t the protagonist instead. But now people are only talking about Hermione in regards to her love life.

And as for Hermione’s marriage being JKR’s regret…is that the only one? She doesn’t regret having Hermione scar Marietta’s face, put Ron in the hospital wing (although that could be included in her regret about the Ron/Hermione pairing), Obliviate her parents and send them off to Australia, Confund Cormac, or any of the other awful things that Hermione has done in the series? It’s only her love life that warrants mention and regret?

[radicalhighway.livejournal.com]

I agree with that last paragraph so much. What Hermione did in canon and the potential of what she could do in the future, that's a much more daunting thought to consider than having marital counseling.