Why Hermoine trusts Snape

[Tamara]

No: HPFGUIDX 69650

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "alicepmint" <alicepmint at y...> 
wrote:
>  Melpomene said:
> > Here here! May we please move on! She not only got over it but 
got 
> > her teeth fixed to HER satisfaction behind her parents' back as 
> well. 
> > (Yes she'd have done that without the quip...okay okay.)
> 
> Me three. It just seems so out-of-character for Hermione when some 
> people kept grudging on what a poor fragile little typical girly 
girl 
> she was, like she's been shattered by one comment like looks is 
> everything to her, as if she drawn her self-esteem from that big 
> teeth of hers. As if she's eternally scar-for-life or something. I 
> know everyone project his/her own values and standard on the 
> readings,  I always identified myself with Hermione, seeing 
duplicate 
> of the teenage self in her always. And I know perfectly well 
Hermione 
> is A LOT more stronger than what some whiny people here made her 
out 
> of (frankly I'm slightly annoyed by how everyone underestimate her 
> character by OVER-emphasized how TRAUMATIC this one incident 
is...to 
> the point I just have to roll my eye, big deal! Hermione's a big 
> strong girl!). She have a brilliant clear, logical mind, who always 
> put reasons over emotions. Especially this one incident motivated 
her 
> to finally actually DO something about her teeth for good once and 
> for all! She got it fixed, tackling that one weak spot so no one 
> could pick on that anymore. She dealt with it. She moved on, 
> Gryfinddor style! And there's NOT one single canon evidence ever 
> showed that she was bothered by this incident one bit later. She's 
> still the same proud strong girl we known of. She talked of Snape 
in 
> the same manner she always does. She's comfortable with her image 
and 
> knowledge as a person. I was proud of her. She got over it, and 
> obviously forgave (ignore is the better word) Snape. She's cool 
about 
> it, so yes can we move on and stopped over-exaggerage and single-
out 
> this one incident to shame Hermione as in she's some fragile 
insecure 
> poor little girl please? 
> 
> Alice

It seems quite simple to me: Hermione trusts Snape because, from what 
she can tell, Dumbledore trusts Snape.  

Tamara