Tomboy Lily

[Juliet]

No: HPFGUIDX 59266

>  I,Linda write:
> We have several examples. At the 
> flying lessons it is she who tells Harry not to go after Malfoy. 
Was 
> this JUST her aversion to rule breaking or something more? She 
makes 
> a point to comment on Harry's new firebolt, just happening to be in 
> HR's path when they are bringing it up to the dormitory. Did anyone 
> else notice this? (If this has already been discussed I apologize.)


In all of these cases, Hermione is bossing Harry around, in a sense.  
At flying lessons, she repeats what the -teacher- told them to do.  
When she sees the Firebolt(IIRC), she is commenting on something 
about how "Do you think this is a reward for breaking the rules?"  
I've never seen it as an interest in Harry, but as Hermione just 
being Hermione.

Something that supports the above:  the instance in PoA where Snape 
calles Hermione an "insufferable know-it-all" and nearly brings her 
to tears.  This enrages the entire class, especially Ron, but as the 
text states, all of them had told Hermione atleast once(though for 
Ron it was much more often) that she was a know-it-all.  She's also 
often described as "bossy."  I see Hermione telling-off Harry in 
those cases just as something she normally does- to anyone.  

~Aldrea