Alohomora

[Steve Vander Ark]

No: HPFGUIDX 23345


> --- Vicki Granger wrote: 
> >~I always thought that that wasn't a
> >very well known charm, there's no
> >mention of anyone other than Hermione
> >using it that I can remember and no
> >attempts to use it either. I always
> >just figured that Hermione founf it in
> >an obscure book at the back of the
> >library and that there's more to is
> >than just the spoken word...
> 
> Evidence to support this includes "They tugged and heaved at the 
door,
> but it wouldn't budge, not even when Hermione tried _her_ Alohomora
> Charm." (emphasis added). [PS/SS Chap 16, Through the Trapdoor]

I imagine that Hermione has quite a collection of arcane spells 
memorized, spells that no one else learned and that maybe most 
wizards consider silly and useless (bluebell flames, for example). 
She obsesses on things like, well, like some people I know, and so 
she learns everything she can about a subject, reads everything, even 
discusses the tiniest of details with Percy, the only other obsessive 
one around (except Wood, I suppose, but anyway...)

She not only has these spells memorized, she also thinks of original 
and clever ways to make them useful. That's the sign of creative 
genius about her. 

Steve Vander Ark
The Hemione Granger Lexicon
http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon