[HPforGrownups] Hermione's fear

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No: HPFGUIDX 84119

> 
> Jen: 
> 
> Lupin does seem to know a little about Neville's family--he probably 
> thought Gran would be Neville's biggest fear! Lupin thinking Harry 
> would see LV was just a wrong guess, seems the same for Neville.
> 
> Hermione is the interesting one. Lupin wouldn't know anything about 
> her, being Muggle-born. I guess he could know about the basilisk 
> from Dumbledore. If a boggart/dementor can cause Harry to feel the 
> same as a real dementor, could a boggart/basilisk actually petrify 
> or kill someone? If so, then they wouldn't let Hermione face a 
> boggart in her end-of-term exam (where she *said* she saw McGonagall 
> telling her she failed--I don't buy that!).
> 
> 
My turn:

Perhaps the reason Lupin doesn't let her try the boggart is because he was the 
bookish one of the Marauders and identifies with Hermione.  Think about it, 
Hermione was disappointed when Harry managed to answer Lupin's questions about 
the boggart without her help.  Perhaps, Lupin suspected that failure was 
Hermione's fear and wanted to save her from being laughed at for her boggart, 
as happens in the exams. or could be that Lupin wanted an excuse to not have 
Harry try the boggart, and so Hermione's chance to tackle the boggart was 
sacrificed for the common good in case Harry HAD seen Voldemort as his biggest 
fear.
 

-- 
Amber

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