The Mirror of Erised...

[Rita Winston]

No: HPFGUIDX 12584

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Doreen" <nera at r...> wrote:

> I think Hermione sees herself with her hair pulled back in a bun
> and square spectacles on her nose, teaching Transfiguration Class. 

I think Hermione's scholarly ambitions rise higher than being the 
Transfiguration teacher.  She might see herself winning the Nobel 
Prize in Transsfiguration, or inventing a spell that wizarding 
researchers had been trying to invent for centuries, or running loose 
in a library with every wizarding book ever written, even the ones 
that have been lost to time, something like that.

Or the dearest wish of her heart might be something other than her 
scholarly ambitions. Someone suggested seeing a successful result of 
her campaign for House Elf rights (will she follow it with a campaign 
for Werewolf Rights?).

But, you know, for that she's a strong and independent female 
character, she is still enough like us imperfect girls to delight in 
shrinking her teeth (permanently) and sleeking her hair and looking 
gorgeous (for the ball), and it's not impossible that the dearest 
desire of her heart is represented by the image of her and whoever 
it is that she's in love with in a passionate kiss, other act of 
passion, or looking very beautifully at their dress-up wedding.