Hermione's new secret?

[Brooke]

No: HPFGUIDX 60744

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, rayheuer3 at a... wrote:
> brookeshanks at m... writes:
> 
> > At one point she tells Harry how she has been taking 
> > practice tests for the OWLs... a whole year ahead of time.  That 
> > clue, plus the fact that she's already very talented with a wand 
> > makes me think that Hermione may be very close to becoming an 
> > Amimagi...  think about it.  
> 
> Huh?  What?  Where?  Hermione is very bookish and very gifted when 
it comes 
> to magic.  To me that makes her a shoo-in for Prefect, and probably 
Best Girl, 
> but how on earth do you get Animagus out of that?  In fact, 
Hermione's one 
> experience with animal transformations (with the Polyjuice potion 
in CoS) was so 
> traumatic that I can't imagine her wanting to repeat the process.
> 
> Her worship of McGonagall (to me merely an extension of her extreme 
deference 
> to authority) would IMHO lead her towards teaching and eventually 
> Headmistress, but I just don't see any support for her even wanting 
to become an animagus 
> (even assuming it's something you can "become" rather than 
something you are 
> born into).
> 
>   --  Ray

I know nothing stands out as evidence that Hermione WANTS to become 
an animagus.  Obviously, I am speculating on something she may be 
thinking about/working on in secret.  It's just like JKR to throw in 
a surprise element like that.  It's only a thought that I had about 
Hermione, and I believe that there are some canonical clues in all 
four books that COULD point to the POSSIBILITY.  I really didn't want 
to go through all four books and try to list the stuff that I think 
could support the theory.  I don't believe it is as far fetched as 
you say it is.  We are all only speculating here, as no one has the 
authority to completely discount other people's predictions.  It's 
all in good fun...     
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