Hermione attempted murder!

[D.G.]

No: HPFGUIDX 69261

Darrin wrote:

This tells me that she managed to escape when Grawp scattered the 
centaurs, OR, cooler heads prevailed among the centaurs, who realized 
that if they murdered a human, they'd be exterminated...

Me:

Y'know, this reminds me:  at risk of finding myself accused of being 
the grumpiest thing since a garden gnome with a toothache:   this is 
the second time [by my count] that Harry and/or his buddies have been 
rescued in the Forest by a "deus ex machina"-type happenstance [and I 
HOPE I spelled that Latin right!] -- the other being the time the 
feral car that used to belong to the Weasleys came along just in time 
to rescue Harry from the giant spiders. 

Lots of lit-crits will tell you that when an author relies on 
something like this, instead of an actual act on the part of a 
conscious protagonist, he or she has run out of steam (at least for 
the time being).  I was disappointed when the car saved Harry -- it 
seemed like kind of a cheap and easy solution to his predicament (for 
that matter, those talking spiders were a bit over-the-top, even for 
PotterWorld, in my opinion, as well).  Likewise, when Grawp showed up 
at just the right time, I sighed and said, "Oh well, here's one thing 
that Wizard ingenuity WON'T get us out of!"

Anyone else have the same reaction?

"D.G. ("JazzmanChgo")"