I couldn't read more than the titles on the original tributes, but of course I always assumed they were a couple, from the first time I read SYWTBAW. And I kind of liked it that she just left it to the reader to do the math. Because a lot of times, that's what it's like IRL. And maybe people who read the series didn't realize it at first, and then gradually, once they already knew and loved the characters, figured it out. And for those who didn't, this is their Dumbledore moment of reckoning.
