[HPforGrownups] Re: The Bull's Eye on Hermione's Back (WAS Doomed, they're doomed! [)

[jazmyn]

No: HPFGUIDX 46202



amberhillcrest wrote:
> 
> 
> But where would she have learned to fly?  In SS, the only flying
> lesson is the one in which Neville gets hurt and Harry is caught
> flying and made the new Seeker.  After that, there are no more flying
> lessons.  Please correct me if I am wrong, but that is the only flying
> lesson in the whole series (and it is interrupted, no less!)  Ron
> knows how to fly because he plays pick-up games of Quidditch with his
> brothers, but Hermione does not appear interested in athletic
> pursuits.  It seems rather incredulous that Hermione would
> instinctively know how to fly even if she was feeling a burst of
> adrenaline when she flies in SS.
> 
> -Maureen Amber
> 
> _

The only flying lesson in the whole book?  Excuse me, but when did the
book document EVERY SINGLE DAY of school?  They skipped over a lot of
days, in which there may have been all sorts of lessons that were not
'on camera'.  She could very well have learned 'off camera' in some
class that was not written about.  

Just because you didn't see it, doesn't mean it never happened.. They
don't mention people using deodorant or cleaning cat boxes of feline
'pets'... But I'm sure someone is doing it, even if its anti-BO spells
or house elves picking up after Crookshanks..  Hermione may very well
know how to fly, but only does it if she has to.  I mean, Snape
obviously knows how to fly, but the only time we see him on a broom is
when he is being the Quiddich ref that one time.  May be that some
people have NO interest in flying a broom unless they have no other
choice. 

Jazmyn