"Harry should have married Hermione"

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Harry and Hermione shippers, rejoice! While in the books, Harry ended up with Ginny and Hermione with Ron, Jo Rowling's admitted she now feels differently...

"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. I know, I'm sorry, I can hear the rage and fury it might cause some fans, but if I'm absolutely honest, distance has given me perspective on that. It was a choice I made for very personal reasons, not for reasons of credibility. am I breaking people's hearts by saying this? I hope not."

The comments were given in an interview for Wonderland magazine, excerpts of which are printed in The Sunday Times (online version paywalled).

The above quote comes from The Independent's article covering the admission.