Lockhart - Yuck!

[Indigo]

No: HPFGUIDX 19480

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Margaret Dean <margdean at e...> wrote:
> Indigo wrote:
> 
> > Actually, Mrs. Weasley also thinks that Gilderoy is the cat's
> > pajamas.  That bugged me a lot that she and Hermione both fell for
> > his pretty face without bothering to look closer and see that 
there
> > was no gold behind all that glitter.
> 
> Well, let's remember that both Mrs. Weasley and Hermione had
> Lockhart's books to go on, too.  Apparently the material in them
> was sound, i.e. the spells and other methods worked, even if
> Lockhart didn't obtain them the way he said he did.
> 

This is true:

But you think with an entire wizarding family, Mrs. Weasley would've 
known better.

Same goes for Hermione who is probably the most well-read wizard 
under the age of 18 in the JKR-verse. 

My guess is there's a glamour charm on all Gilderoy's writing so that 
people don't too closely question the stuff they read 
therein...otherwise, I think neither of these otherwise bright, 
clever women would've bought into it.

After all, Harry and Ron looked briefly through the Gilderoy books 
too and thought they were trash.

And so did a good many of the other students.

Gilderoy's first test: "What's my favourite colour?" and so on had to 
have been a red flag to Hermione if she hadn't been all doe-eyed 
because of Lockhart's pretty face.

Indigo
[who thinks they both should've know better!]