[HPforGrownups] Hermione and the boggart

[Chip Olson]

No: HPFGUIDX 30286

Quoth idouright2 at aol.com:
> In a message dated 11/27/2001 12:09:20 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
> puddin210 at hotmail.com writes:
> 
> 
> > We all know why Lupin chose not to have Harry face the boggart in 
> > class, but why did he not allow Hermione to tackle it? I assumed that 
> > her greatest fear would be the fact that she uses a Time-Turner 
> > getting out, and therefore the boggart would give her away, but is 
> > her use of the Time-Turner common knowledge among the staff? And if 
> > that isn't the case, why does Lupid avoid her? Does anyone else have 
> > any thoughts?

> well it turns out that her fear was McGonagall telling her she failed all her 
> classes....but he knew she knew he was a warewolf.....so maybe he was afraid 
> she would be embarrased and outburst on him or...maybe he figured her fear 
> was him killing her...or seeing him transform....

Except that at that point, Hermione *didn't* know that Lupin was a
werewolf; the boggart's turning into the moon when it saw him was one
of the things that tipped her off. I think the more likely answer has
already been mentioned: she and Harry had already provided correct
answers in class that day, enabling him to skip Harry without
appearing to single him out.

And her fear of McGonagall telling her she'd failed everything comes
up during finals week; I'm not sure if that would have been the case
normally (actually, given what we know of Hermione, it probably would
have).

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