OOP: Hermione OOC

[melodychef]

No: HPFGUIDX 62244

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "flutterbyhex" 
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> It really struck me as very Out of Character for Hermione at the 
> beginning of Chapter 27 when she slams centaurs:
> 
> Hermione: "I've never really liked horses" 
> Lavendar: "He's a centaur" 
> Hermione: "Either way he has four legs..."
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> Then when she meets them in the forest she get off on the wrong 
hoof 
> with them right away. I was shocked at her attitude when usually 
she 
> is very open minded about other creatures (werewolves, house elves) 
> is it because she is so close minded about divination?
> 
> Linda

I think it IS because she's been turned off to divination.  In my 
opinion, Hermione deals with facts.  She double checks everything.  
When Harry tells her that Sirius is in danger, she even wants more 
proof on that.

Plus this may be a personal slam against Lavender.  Lavender is very 
girly.  She tries to dress up, she tries to impress boys, and she 
loves the mystery surrounding divination.  Lavender is almost 
everything Hermione disapproves of.  Hermione also dismisses Luna 
because Luna is fanciful, but later Hermione is forced to change her 
mind.

I think Hermione is very stubborn.  She thinks everyone should live 
life the way she does (example: trying to trap house elves into 
freedom.)  She's good and smart, and so we can easily ignore how 
bossy she is.  But if she wasn't so logical, I could imagine her 
being somewhat more intolerant.

Melodychef