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

[CARRIE MUNGAI]

No: HPFGUIDX 35950

Okay first posting for me. Animals CAN "have it in for each other". I have witnessed this behavior many times during 'doggie play group'. They recognize each other, gravitate into certain groups and establish a pecking order. Also, certain animals are naturally aggressive toward each other and when one acts in a "flee" manner, the "chaser" will become MORE aggressive as part of the pattern. Some normally aggressive animals can be domesticated to a friendly relationship with a usually antagonistic species. Spottydog
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Shannon 
  To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 5:59 PM
  Subject: Re: [HPforGrownups] Re: Hermione WAS percy/molly/hermione


  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


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