Character Summary: Hermione Granger

[kathleen at carr.org]

No: HPFGUIDX 15252

Hi all!  

Penny wrote:
> As for Transfiguration, that point came from message #1518 (this 
group)
> -- a message from R/H captain Kathy.  You make some good points 
about
> her performance in other subjects; however, I don't disagree with
> Kathy's point that there seem to be more references to her 
excelling in
> Transfiguration than in other subjects.  She's obviously great at 
them
> all .... but it seems she's in a class by herself as far as
> Transfiguration goes.  There is more than one mention by McG that
> Hermione can do a transfiguration that no one else has mastered.

I thought this was really funny, because when I first read the part 
about Transfiguration in Penny's well-documented Character Summary, I 
thought, "That's random.  Who said that?" <sheepish grin>  So, of 
course, I had to go back and see what I said.  

Just to clarify, the point came up in a thread about all the 
important characters who excel in Transfiguration (the Marauders, 
McGonagall, Dumbledore).  I responded with:

>And Hermione is also really good at Transfiguration (then again, 
>she's good at 
>everything, but there are several very specific examples given of 
>times when 
>she is able to transfigure things the rest of the class can't).

So, see, I was really trying to support the idea of Transfiguration 
being somehow a "Good" area by allying Hermione with it, rather than 
saying she was better at it than anything else.  Although I agree 
that she is very good at it, we know if course that she's good at 
lots of things.  And I do agree with the idea that she is developing 
a mentoring relationship with Professor McGonagall (quick, Penny! add 
that to the list! <g>) , so I could see that she might work 
especially hard in Transfiguration, because Professor McGongall's 
approval is important to her.

I hope my rambling makes sense.  I'm getting out of practice with 
posting, what with the lack of shipping battles and all, ;)

Cap'n Kathy
AKA Elanor Gamgee