[HPforGrownups] Re: Hermione's rude comment

[Lisa G]

No: HPFGUIDX 74496

--- Wanda Sherratt <wsherratt3338 at rogers.com> wrote:
> I just think that if Draco Malfoy had made that remark about 
> centaurs, we wouldn't be quite so relaxed about it.  And let's
> be 
> honest, Hermione would never dare to say that to a centaur to
> his 
> face, not just because Firenze is a teacher, either.  Just
> imagine 
> her addressing Bane that way.  I wouldn't have expected her to
> make 
> a nasty remark like that about a non-human, so I'm just
> wondering if 
> Rowling has some point behind the incident, or did she just
> get 
> careless and write the remark without thinking how it fitted
> with 
> the character.  

Well, let me phrase my thought in another way. You're a thirteen
year old girl. Two girls that you DO NOT like by any stretch of
the imagination are dreamily talking about a guy they think is
soooooo cute.... sigh. They glance your way and say, with a
sniff, "So, what do you think of him?" You reply, almost lazily,
"Oh, I don't know. I don't think he's so great." "What do you
MEAN?? He's the dreamiest!" they squeal at you. You roll your
eyes, and make some sort of mildly insulting comment about the
object of their affection (Well, he runs like a girl), smirk to
yourself over the way their little jaws drop indignantly, and
get on with your life. At least, that's pretty much the way it
went in every case that I observed, even through high school.

I think it's just a /rule/ of puberty that you do not, under any
circumstances, agree with them. Ever. I personally thought that
this was one of the funnier scenes I had read. It's just so
perfectly.... girlish. I thought it was great :o)

Lisa G

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