Quidditch, Ginny's good qualities and more (inc. ships; Lupin/Snape treatment of Hermione)

[marinafrants]

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "columbiatexan" <columbiatexan at y...> 
wrote:
> And btw, is anyone besides me curious on why Lupin didn't let 
> Hermione tackle the boggart either in Book 3 until the very end?  

I think Lupin didn't want Harry to be singled out as the only 
student in the class who doesn't get to face the boggart.  So he 
picked Hermione as the "extra," since she'd already earned her 
points by answering his questions earlier.

> OK, almost done with this extremely long post--anyone 
> wondering why Snape seems to single out Hermione so much 
> as the target for his anger?  She seems to be second only to 
> Harry as a target for his venom; if you'll notice, Ron only gets 
into 
> trouble when he mouths off specifically to Snape (which, 
> admittedly, is quite often :P). 

I think Neville actually gets more abuse from Snape than Hermione 
does.  I'd rank the abuse quotient as: Harry, Neville, Hermione, 
Ron.  And since the best way to get Ron's goat is to attack 
Hermione, I suspect Snape is killing two birds with one stone. :-)

Marina
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