OOP: Hermione's perfectness and the car

[Marilyn]

No: HPFGUIDX 62287

Paige (phoenixtears288) wrote:
> txjen70 wrote:
>> First does Hermione come off as too perfect right now? I mean I 
>> know that the theory is that there are 2 characters you can get 
>> away with saying about anything, and she is one of them, but she's 
>> too perfect. I mean is there anything they don't have her doing?
>> She's a prefect, top in her class, always has her homework done 
>> and helps everyone with theirs, hands out love advice, can do 
>> spells equal to 7th year work, fights for the freedom of elves and 
>> plans a rebellion. In fact she's shown as so perfect that when she 
>> doesn't remember that Snape is a member of the Order it seems 
>> totally OOC. 
> 
>   Well, she doesn't play Quidditch. We haven't even seen her near a 
> broomstick since book 1. I think that's kind of weird... 

I think it does come off funny that the only person who can be cool 
without playing Quidditch is Hermione, and only because she's perfect 
in almost every other way.  Ginny only gets to be *really cool* when 
it becomes revealed that she's been practing Quidditch ALL ALONG!  
Percy is one of the few (only?) Weasleys who *didn't* play Quidditch, 
and look what's happened to him!

I do think there were a few faults to Hermione, but on the whole she 
was just overall exactly what everyone wants to be: completely able 
to stand up to Harry when he's irrationally crapping on her and Ron, 
perfectly calm and clear-headed about girls and ROMANCE, overall 
*extremely rational* for a 15-yr-old girl, etc., but there were some 
places where you saw her becoming unhinged: around exam time, esp. 
with Arithmancy, she spoke quite poorly when attempting to be 
diplomatic with the cantaurs, imo, she remained very short-sighted 
and unobservant about the house elves, and she was just as bad as Ron 
about those awful letters to Harry in the beginning.  I would have 
thought that they could have come up with some news and been slightly 
sympathetic to the Privet Drive horrendousness.  

I loved Hermione in this book more than any other, personally, so I 
am surprised that everyone thinks she was sickeningly perfect.  I 
love characters who can stay rational so well!  I think I do it 
also.  :)

(And I bet we will see her get emotional sometimes once she finds a 
real relationship with one of those crazy boys!  I can't believe she 
hasn't been snatched up yet.)

--marilyn

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