Semi-Intro; Mostly Theories - Hermione, Snape, and Alchemy

[tenunmeikai]

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Here I am, your newest (maybe) member, Audra Thompson.  At 16, I may 
be a few years short of "grownup".  I'll respect your opinion if 
that's the case, but I still have a lot to give to the Harry Potter 
fandom.

Well, there's the intro.  Now onto "theories".  I'm a rabid Hermione 
fan - any geek or read-a-holic would be drawn towards her.  She's 
somewhat of a Tomboy as well, which many women can relate to.  I 
support the Granger/Snape romance that currently makes its home on 
WIKTT.  My reasoning for this is mostly based on Hermione's 
maturity, and her ability to see past the glitter of a situation and 
into the nitty-gritty.  She'd make a great psychologist for old 
Angst-Magnet Snape.
Recently, I've been thinking up a storm on HP-fanfiction involving 
my favorite subject, Potions.  Fics that center on Hermione's study 
of Muggle chemistry in the making of potions are incredibly 
interesting to me, and as such, I've begun to study up on alchemy.  
Needless to say, said study is going remarkably slow.  Alchemy is 
based almost wholly upon symbolism and less on the ratios of 
elements (like in chemistry).  If anyone has any related thoughts on 
the use of actual alchemy in our world and the HP counterpart, I'd 
be willing to trade thoughts here or through Instant Messaging.  My 
nickname on AOL is TenunMeikai.

Anyway, that's it for now.  I'm not quite sure, even now, what 
section this ought to be in, but I'm sure the moderators will know 
what to do.

--- Audra