Hermione - HP's birthday - Canon

Margaret fenneyml at gmail.com
Mon Aug 6 22:55:54 UTC 2012


Hermione implanted false memories to make her parents think they were different people (who didn't have a daughter) and that they wanted to go to Australia.  That is different from obliviate which destroys the memory and is irreversible.  

Hermione's parents were muggles and completely defenseless against the death eaters.  How do you think she should have protected them?

According to JKR, Hermione did find her parents and remove the charm after the war was over.

Margie

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "krules" <kempermentor at ...> wrote:
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> > Kemper:
> > Canon is a list sacred text ...
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> > For instance, canon shows Hermione has made some morally questionable decisions from books 2-7.  In DH, she states wiping away her parents memories of her.  Canon does not state whether her parents gave consent.  ...
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> > Steve:
> > Doesn't 'Canon' imply that Hermione's wiping of her parents memory was REVERSIBLE. Didn't she say after the war, she would find them in Australia and restore their memories? 
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> Kemper:
> I don't have my canon at hand, but iirc, she does mention something like that.  
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> I'm okay with Herminone wiping away her parents memories iff the parents gave consent.  I can't imagine any loving parent allowing that, but either way canon remains silent on the issue.  Yet due to some of  Hemione's other actions within canon,  I suspect that consent was not expressly given.  To me, her plan to find her folks and restore their memories does not make the earlier modification any less reprehensible. 
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> Kemper
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