What can Harry teach Hermione in DA ?

[Doriane]

No: HPFGUIDX 74096

"amanitamuscaria1" wrote:

> Two things - as other people have said, Hermione knows the 
> theory. In PS, she freezes when the troll is in the bathroom. Harry 
> and Ron do not. When she's faced with the Devil's Snare, she knows 
> the description but doesn't think of her speciality, the bluebell 
> flames. There's a world of difference between Lupin and Moody' s 
> teaching, and Quirrel and Lockhart's.

I slightly disagree with you. I don't think this is a matter of 
theory vs practice. I think it's a matter of keeping a cold head vs 
panicking. Hermione panicks in those situations, but she still knows 
how to use the spells. She doesn't know them only theoretically, she 
also knows them practically. Her only problem is that she freezes and 
loses her head in scary times.

> There's also the fact that Harry is a leader. Hermione is a swot. A 
> leader doesn't have to know everything, Harry could get Hermione to 
> demonstrate most of the spells. His job is to motivate and convince 
> the DA's that they _can_ do it. And he does this admirably.

*chuckle* And do you know why he actually does this admirably ? 
Precisely because he's nowhere as good as Hermione. If Hermione led 
that group, people would never find it in themselves to manage the 
spells, because they would just go : I'm not as good as her, I can't 
do it. But because it's Harry, who's exceptional only in DADA and 
only because he put his heart into it, they feel they can do it too 
if they really try. You've got a point ;-)

> Sorry, Hermione. Your day will come.

You know what ? I don't think she wants her day to come. She seems 
quite happy cheering from the sidelines and giving a hand when 
needed. She doesn't strike me as desperately wanting to be an 
official leader. The only time she really tried to boss people around 
was about SPEW, and that was only because her indignation was so hot 
and nobody else would move.

Del