[HPforGrownups] Re: Hermione WAS percy/molly/hermione

[Shannon]

No: HPFGUIDX 35945

At 06:32 PM 3/1/2002 -0500, Laura wrote:

>Furthermore, Hermione is a *very* sensible person.  What would you say if
someone accused your cat of "having it     
>out" for a rat?  Cats aren't really supposed to think that way now, are they?

Well, no.  Then again, owls are not supposed to deliver the mail and
pictures aren't supposed to challenge you to duels, are they? :)  And
having known a cat or two in my time, it wouldn't surprise me at all to
think that a cat had it in for a particular creature or person. :)
Seriously, Hermione has been going to a wizard school for two years at this
point. Crookshanks was purchased at a wizarding pet shop. She's seen plenty
of strange things, and if she can't even begin to consider something out of
the ordinary, then she's not taking her lessons very well.  Add to that the
fact that Crookshanks positively lunges at Scabbers at every opportunity,
while there's no mention of him ever even sniffing at other animals. Yes,
it would unwise of a cat to attack an owl, but he doesn't even seem to
notice any other animal.  If it were just a cat being a cat, poor Trevor
would have been lunch long before they reached Hogwarts.  Hermione is smart
enough to see this, if she was willing. But IMO that's not the worst of it.
The worst of it is, she doesn't even seem to be bothered by Crookshanks'
repeated attacks on Scabbers...she just gets made at Ron for being upset. 


>    Anyway, my point is, there was really no way to contain Crookshanks,
while Scabbers would have been better off in    >Ron's room anyway, even if
there was no Crookshanks -- what's Ron doing lugging a sick rat around
anyway?  The poor thing belongs somewhere quiet, dark, and peaceful.

As I recall, most of the incidents we see occur either in Ron's dorm, the
common room, or on the Hogwart's Express. It's not like he's carrying him
all over the school.

Shannon