Hermione, Knowledge and Blackmail (WAS: Re: Did Rita see Sirius transform?)

[GRACE701 <grace701@yahoo.com>]

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probono wrote of Hermione, back in December:
>> She's been accused of meddling in things that she shouldn't (see 
below), so is this the one that backfires?
 
By Snape: "Keep quiet you stupid girl. Don't talk about what you 
don'tunderstand."
And Skeeter: "Sit down, you silly little girl and don't talk about 
things you don't understand."<<

Elkins wrote: 
Yes, that is interesting.

>>Is Hermione being set up for a fall here?  

Rita Skeeter is a ticking time-bomb, to be sure, but I find myself 
wondering whether the ramifications of Hermione's blackmail plot 
might be even more serious than that.  "Only knowledge, and those
too weak to seek it?"
 
I wonder if GoF's repetition of blackmail-inflected plotlines might 
not be giving us a foretaste of precisely *which,* of the many faces 
of the temptation of power, we might be seeing Hermione forced to
confront in the future.<<


What do you mean by "temptation of power" Elkins?  Do you mean bad 
temptations?  Temptation does usually mean something bad, but I hope 
she doesn't go bad! =(

Rita Skeeter, if she hadn't been caught, would still have written 
about certain things that she overheard and then blackmail whomever 
on whatever she didn't write.  Since that's not that case,  I 
believe that this definitely will be Hermione's downfall.  Rita's 
going to get back at her real good.  For once something is going to 
backfire on Hermione in a very bad way.  And not only her, but for a 
numerous amount of other people.  Hermione will feel guilty about it 
and will more than likely try to fix things.  

Hermione and Harry have a few things in common:
1.They are full of emotions mostly being very proud and determined.
2.They think things through and don't jump to conclusions, although 
in this Rita Skeeter case I don't think that Hermione was in her 
right state of mind.
3. Guilt. I believe that Hermione will regret what she did to Rita 
and feel guilty of the consequences that will be brought about 
because of it, just as Harry feels guilty of Cedric's death.  And 
they both will try to fix these situations, hence putting them in 
dire situations.  

Greicy
just really thinking of ways to put get H/H together ;)