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

[Pen Robinson]

No: HPFGUIDX 35976

Shannon wrote:

>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.

It has just occurred to me to wonder whethe Crookshanks has some kind of
magical effect on Hermione.  She fell for him in the pet show, although
from the description he is not a particularly prepossessing beast.  She
treats him with great indulgence - not unreasonable for someone who,
perhaps, has never had a pet before, but maybe there is a little more to it
than that.

We know that Crookshanks is not 'just' a cat, but is in part a magical
creature.  So is it possible he influences Hermione just enough to amplify
her affection for him and discount her normal common sense?

Pen