When did you realise what romantic pairings would be canon?

[Ravleen]

I was convinced that Snape loved Lily ever since OotP. Coupled with the info in that book, JKR's interviews all pointed in that direction.

Ron/Hermione, probably GoF, I was too young when I read PoA to pick up on the hints.

Harry/Ginny: CoS. I was pretty sure they'd end up together.

Remus/Tonks: Didn't predict it at all.

[Sherazad]

Mmh...hard one to answer...Well It was always clear to me that Ron had a crush on Hermione, I realized that during CoS, you know the mudblood thing said by Malfoy, Ron trying to defend her etc. As for Hermione, I've always thought she fell for Harry, but after reading HBP I had to admit I was wrong about her, she was clearly jealous of Ron.

Remus/Tonks: I didn't expect it at all since I was sure Tonks was in love with Sirius.

Harry/Ginny: didn't predict it as there were no hints until book 6 where their relationship basically comes out from nowhere

[Deva]

I was absolutely clueless when i first read the series. The first book released only a couple years after i was born, so i was pretty young when i read it.
I had absolutely no idea why Ron and Hermione were bickering since the third book 3. I am rereading now, and am quite embarrased. Haha.
I only picked up on that was during the end of deathly hallows when i remember thinking to myself, 'you know, they could end up together' but only really 'got' it when Ron kisses Hermione in the end of DH.


As for Harry/Ginny, I had absolutely no idea. Seriously. I went o.0 when Harry and Ginny got together. And i didn't even realise that they broke up in the end OF HBP.

I am ashamed now.

[CellarDoor]

I realised Ron and Hermione would get together when I read Prisoner of Azkaban for the second time: to be more precise, the part that convinced me they would be an item was Hermione hugging Ron after he told her he would help saving Buckbeak from execution. And then Goblet of Fire cemented my hopes. That said, waiting four books for them to realize they were in love with each other and act on those feelings was actually painful.

As for Harry and Ginny, I'm not really sure. When I first read Chamber of Secrets I was too young to get the undertones of Harry saving Ginny, and by the time I got to Goblet of Fire and Order of the Phoenix I was more engulfed in Harry's crush on Cho to pay attention to Ginny. So it's not like I was actually expecting them to get together in HalfBlood Prince, but I wasn't completely surprised either. Still, from HalfBlood Prince onwards I was sure Jo would end the series with them together - had Harry survived his confrontation with Voldemort, of course, since I wasn't completely sure of that.

[JimmyPotter]

I knew Harry and Hermione would never become a couple in GOF when the first mention of them as a couple was made my Rita Skeeter, a person who lies for a living.

After having read the series a few times, one could actually pick up that Ron and Hermione would be a couple back in SS on the train. Rowling seems to like her main male characters to have Oedipus complexes, being attracted to girls who are similar to their mothers. Before the train left Kings Cross, Mrs. Weasley wiped dirt off Ron's nose. On the train Hermione remarked to Ron that he had dirt on his nose.

[rosieechan]

Ron/Hermione: From GoF, the Yule Ball Scene
Harry/Ginny: From HBP
Remus/Tonks: lol, not until HBP
Bill/Fleur: ^same

What I should have picked up on:

Harry/Ginny: Well, cross off all the females that wouldn't be suitable for Harry, and you're only left with Ginny. xD Pretty obvious, I think.
Bill/Fleur: Should have seen it in GoF! When the Weasleys come to watch Harry's third task, it's noted that "Fleur eyed Bill with interest" or something like that. Can't believe I didn't see that! And the improving English thing in OoTP, of course.

[lord_moldywort]

I knew Harry/Ginny back in CS when they met and Ginny was infatuated with him. I knew Ron/Hermione from SS. It was always so obvious by the way that they interacted with each other.

[MissMarauder]

I was surprised at Snape/Lily but looking back it totally makes sense and there were hints there.

I don't know about Harry/Ginny. I may have figured in CoS that they would eventually end up together, even though there was nothing on his end. Probably GoF made me sure, but I didn't think anything would happen until the end because of how thick Harry was. And I thought Ginny could do better so I was giving her more time to change her mind.

Hermione/Ron = SS legit

Tonks/Lupin, Bill/Fleur = didn't see it coming and i was with Molly for Bill/Tonks lol

not Neville/Luna = the whole time I didn't see anything and was hoping they wouldn't pair up despite all the shippers. I was so relieved when they didn't.

[rosieechan]

Originally Posted by JimmyPotter

I knew Harry and Hermione would never become a couple in GOF when the first mention of them as a couple was made my Rita Skeeter, a person who lies for a living.

After having read the series a few times, one could actually pick up that Ron and Hermione would be a couple back in SS on the train. Rowling seems to like her main male characters to have Oedipus complexes, being attracted to girls who are similar to their mothers. Before the train left Kings Cross, Mrs. Weasley wiped dirt off Ron's nose. On the train Hermione remarked to Ron that he had dirt on his nose.

I agree with the first part! I don't know how fans were still debating after GoF...obviously, JKR was writing a clear message that Harry wasn't going to end up with Hermione.

Oh, wow! Nice catch. I never thought of that, but now that makes sense.

[Wren]

I never really spent much time wondering who would end up with who, I didn't really care. However, I couldn't help realizing that Ron and Hermione would end up together after she became angry that he didn't ask her to the Yule Ball.

[MerryLore]

Originally Posted by Sherazad

Remus/Tonks: I didn't expect it at all since I was sure Tonks was in love with Sirius.

I thought Remus was in love with Sirius, and was hoping for a match.

I was hoping Tonks would get together with Fred. Neville with Luna. Albus and Minerva.

I found out which match ups were canon as soon as they happened in the books. I missed every one of them, with the exception of Harry / Ginny, which I predicted from the second book on.

[Draco Spirit]

Ron/Hermione was prety obvous even early as COS to be honest, I was partly of the mind that maybe Harry was going to snuff it and Ron/Hermione were going to have the happy ending.

Harry/Ginny was less obvous. While I could see the arguments as early as OOTP, I really did think Luna was the end game love intrest, or JKR was going to do both by having one snuff it in book 6.

Originally Posted by MerryLore

I thought Remus was in love with Sirius, and was hoping for a match.

I was actuly talking about this with a friend the other day. I know most slash pairing seem to be girly fanservice sort of jobs....

But I can perfectly see why people might put the two strangly very close bacherlors together..

[nutella23]

I actually was never sure about Ron/Hermione until some point in DH. I mostly saw their relationship as a friendship. Maybe in DH when Ron leaves/comes back and Hermione is p!ssed... but I wasn't really sure until the end/epilogue. For some reason it just didn't seem natural.


Harry/Ginny however I think I was pretty confident about early on. Still, Cho should never have existed.

[brokenwings54]

All of these relationships sort of took me by surprise.
When we first met Ginny she was so young so it merely seemed like a little girl crush; I never believed that it would develop into anything serious (and certainly not that Harry would reciprocate her feelings, eventually!). Ugh, I did not like this pairing that much but I don't know who else he could have ended up with.
The Hermione and Ron coupling was just weird! They have nothing in common and while that is not always a bad thing, in this case I can't see how they would ever have fun together. I think it was in the Prisoner of Azkaban movie where Hermione held Ron's hand when she got scared that I first started to suspect they might end up together. I thought the producers must be crazy because I never saw the signs in the books. Even now, it is still kind of hard for me to picture them together.
The Lupin and Tonks pairing was so random but I actually think they made a really good couple! I never saw it coming until they announced it, but I never had a problem with it.

[HazelCloak30067]

Ron/Hermione- at the end of CoS when they shook hands instead of hugged (showing the difference between best friends and awkwardness when you just start to like someone)
Ginny/Harry- when Ginny's attitude towards Harry kind of changed on the OoP and Harry's attitude when Ginny started dating

[RikuStark]

Ron/Hermione---I never actually figured this out on my own. I remember when I was very little and the 2nd movie had just came out and I made a comment that Harry and Hermione would end up together. Well my mom and grandma had a few words to say to that. So they pretty much convinced me Ron and Hermione were endgame.

Ginny/Harry---Um, huh? I was seriously scratching my head when Harry started to have feelings for her. I really wasn't expecting it.

Tonks/Remus---Surprised me more then Ginny/Harry. I remember being really surprised and really happy, that's about it. So I realised it when Harry realised it.

[WelkinCooper]

Ron and Hermione was the only couple I saw the potential in right away because they were always bickering with one another. In real life, people who bicker and snipe at one another a lot but yet are still friends, often seem to end up together. Book Ron was also a lot less dense than the movie Ron was made out to be, in my opinion. I think the movies and fanfiction have left a bit of a wrong impression about him. Some of the observations that were attributed to Hermione in the first two movies were actually said by Ron in the books. In those first two books, Hermione was mostly 'book smarts' as us older folks used to say, so they complemented each other in that way as well. I'm reading all the books again at present after years and am being surprised at how much I don't remember from them.

[Goddess_Clio]

Hermione/Ron: GOF

Harry/Ginny: HBP

Remus/Tonks: HBP

What can I say, I'm slow on the up take

And figuring out who's crushing on who is never big on my mind when I read. If it's blatantly obvious I'm annoyed at how blatantly obvious it is and when it comes as a shock I'm always pleasantly surprised so I try not to read into stuff like that when I read - I like the surprise.

[Verena]

Hermione and Ron in CoS
Harry and Ginny… I hoped in this romantic pairing in CoS, but I began to suspected a little bit to the end of Order of the Phoenix.
Remus and Tonks… well, I realized just after reading the end of HBP.
Bill and Fleur I suspected in Globet of Fire, but I realised in the Order of the Phoenix.

[Kings_Cross]

When I was just a kid reading SS and COS I thought Harry/Hermione would end up together just because they were the lead boy and lead girl and you know, when you're 10, often that's about as deep as your romantic understanding of film and literature go.

However, re-reading the books in my 20s it is blatantly obvious to me that Ron and Hermione were meant to be. Probably from the beginning of COS and onward.