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[Cindy C.]

Pip:

>A certain FAQ'er Who Must 
> Not Be Named appears to be prepared to slaughter the entire cast 
> (including small children) providing Lupin and Black are left 
> standing at the end.

A fair trade, I say!  Who's with me?!!  ;-)

I recently noticed in Message 34,381 that a certain FAQer confesses 
all and identifies the characters with whom she identifies most:  
Snape, Neville and (brace yourselves!) *Hermione.*

Here's an excerpt:

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Hermione, on the other hand, is a character I can identify with
in a positive sense. I am not all *that* much like her, but there
are enough points of identification to allow her to serve as a
protagonist for me in a way that Harry simply cannot. (I'm just
nothing like Harry. We're completely different types of people.)
I am not as kind as she is, nor as generous -- and I am not in the
least bit brave -- but I would like to be all of those things, and 
I'm
enough kin to her in other ways that she can serve as a kind of 
exemplar. When Hermione behaves badly, I feel disappointed in her 
in a way that I just don't when Ron or Harry show their flaws; and
when she does something particularly admirable, I feel gratified
on a far more personal level.

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So, uh, how come we never get treated to any discussion of Hermione 
from this Unnamed FAQer?

Hmmm.

Cindy