[HPforGrownups] Hermione's rude comment

[Lisa G]

No: HPFGUIDX 74435

--- Wanda Sherratt <wsherratt3338 at rogers.com> wrote:
> I've always respected Hermione's judgment and good sense, but
> at the 
> beginning of Ch. 27 of OotP her comments about Firenze really
> grate 
> on me.  Granted, Parvati is baiting her, but I think her
> remarks are 
> pretty tasteless:
<snip excerpt>
> Is this supposed to *mean* something?  The fact that basically

> nobody reacts, except a couple of girls who are signalling
> "silly 
> schoolgirl crush" with every word, makes me think that there's

> nothing deeper here, which I find pretty disappointing.  It's
> as if  
> Rowling is just following the template, which states that
> "Hermione 
> must always have the last word," so she just comes up with
> some 
> smartass comment for Hermione to say, whether or not it's in 
> character or fits in with the rest of the story.  

Her comment didn't strike me as off at all. She's young and has
quite a mouth on her, as you might recall from the sniping she
did at Trelawney in PoA. Hermione's been picking at Lavender and
Parvati ever since PoA as well. Remember, they were Trelawney's
devoted followers at every turn, and they weren't disappointed
in the least when Hermione got a dressing-down by Trelawney and
left class. (In fact, Hermione dropping the class just confirmed
one of Trelawney's predictions.)

Her comment about Firenze wasn't spoken as derrogatory toward
the centaur, she was just trying to take the wind out of
Lavender's and Parvati's sails. Totally normal :o)

Lisa G

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