[HPforGrownups] RE: Hermione/Polyjuice, once again (was SHIP: What did Hermione Know and When did she Know It?)

[Susanne]

No: HPFGUIDX 52076



Hi,

Wednesday, February 12, 2003, 2:45:51 PM, SHolden wrote:

> Actually, the real driving force behind making the Polyjuice Potion
> was to
> find out who was the Heir that was attacking the Muggleborns. 
> Hermione is a
> muggleborn and she's the only student who would know of ways to find
> out the
> information they needed.

I know this is supposed to be the reason, but Hermione seems
almost too intent on doing this, especially seeing how much
deceit of authorities is involved.

I'm not saying she didn't want to help, but there was just a
little more than that (inmo).

> I'll agree that it wasn't the boys idea to make the potion.  But the
> boys
> did know that Lockhart would be gullible enough to sign a sheet of
> parchment
> without asking questions.

Okay, my daughter is back from school and has managed to
find the book I couldn't locate in her little dungeon
earlier.

Here is what it says in Cos page 159/160 of the American
paperback version:
"This Polyjuice stuff sounds a bit dodgy to me," said Ron,
frowning. "What if we were stuck looking like three of the Slytherins
forever?"

    "It wears off after a while," said Hermione, waving her hand
impatiently. "But getting hold of the recipe will be very
difficult. Snape said it was in a book called Moste Potente Potions
and it's bound to be in the Restricted Section of the library." There
was only one way to get out a book from the Restricted Section: You
needed a signed note of permission from a teacher. "Hard to see why
we'd want the book, really," said Ron, "if we weren't going to try
and make one of the potions." "I think," said Hermione, "that if
we made it sound as though we were just interested in the theory,
we might stand a chance ...... "Oh, come on, no teacher's going to
fall for that," said Ron. "They'd have to be really thick . . . ."

*************

Still sounds like Hermione's idea.

I couldn't find anything where Hermione, Ron and Harry
discuss how exactly to go about it.
The next scene is Lockhart's class and right after they
approach him to get the permission signed.


>  It was the fact that Hermione wanted to
> keep the
> parchment when they showed it to Madame Pince.   This is where I'm
> thinking
> her *intent* wasn't only to fool Lockhart into signing a piece of
> parchment.
> Hermione *really* wanted to keep that piece of parchment, so much so
> that
> she got into a struggling match with Madame Pince over it.

Right, but what does this have to do with who was behind the
idea of asking Lockhart?

I could see all three discussing who would be the most
likely to not ask any questions, but I'm still convinced
that Ron and Harry would have been perfectly happy to try
something else, if Hermione hadn't really wanted to make
this potion.

The whole thing just seemed slightly out of character for
Hermione to me.

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 Susanne                           mailto:siskiou at earthlink.net