Hermione regarding Neville

[Kimberly]

No: HPFGUIDX 11504

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., heidi <heidi.h.tandy.c92 at a...> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> Well, on the first train ride to Hogwarts, upon being introduced to 
Harry, Hermione says:
> 
> > "Are you really?" said Hermione. "I know all about you, of 
course -- I
> > got a few extra books. for background reading, and you're in 
Modern
> > Magical History and The Rise and Fall of the Dark Arts and Great
> > Wizarding Events of the Twentieth Century.
> > <SNIP>
> > "Goodness, didn't you know, I'd have found out everything I could 
if it
> > was me," said Hermione.
> >

I remembered this, but I hadn't remembered quite how rude it was.  

> And this is what she says to Harry The Orphan - while she's 
standing right there with Neville, whose name she knows (at least his 
first name) - and I am now wondering if, upon
> meeting Neville, she said something like,
> "Oh, I know all about your parents - they're in Modern Magical 
History and The Rise and Fall of the Dark Arts and Tragidies of the 
Reign Of You Know Who..."
> and he still went walking around with her.

You're right, it'd be kinda odd for him to hear her talking like that 
and then hang out with her, but she's pretty forceful and he's used 
to being led around by his gran.  

> Then again, in the long run, Harry didn't hold her almost 
completely insensitive comments to him against her in the long 
run...perhaps as the books go by, this will be counted by
> the Neville Is Tougher & Braver Than He Looks people as another 
point in his favor...?
> 
That's true.  I guess he's known about it all his life, and I doubt 
that tough-as-nails Gran of his soft-sells the issue, so he can 
probably deal with it.  He may not have a hard time talking about it, 
he may just have learned that other people do, and he's certainly not 
one to force any topic of conversation himself.

Kimberly