[HPforGrownups] tTuchy-Feely Armchair Psychologist (was: No Sex...We're British)

[Susanne]

No: HPFGUIDX 83716



Hi,

Monday, October 27, 2003, 11:19:52 PM, Steve wrote:

> This particular insightful aspect of Hermione seems to irritate a few
> people, although I don't understand why.

To me it is irritating for a couple of reasons.
One is that Hermione seems to be becoming more and more a
tool for JKR to introduce things to us that other characters
aren't able to grasp, in a way.
Hermione has almost reached the point of being too perfect a
character in some ways(for me), though I still have hope that her overconfidence
will cause her some problems in future books.

I couldn't understand why Hermione took it upon herself to
push Harry into a relationship with Cho. Harry seemed
perfectly fine to admire her from afar, and neither one of
them was really ready for romantic relationship at this
point.

> Isn't what Hermione said about Harry's date with Cho pretty much what
> you were thinking when you read it? 

> Wasn't it obvious that Harry was clueless, and wasn't it obvious what
> Cho's motivations and feelings were?

Yes. So why did Hermione feel she needed to get them
together? It almost felt like an experiment she was
conducting to see how it would play out.
It was really none of her business, and her cool, detached
analyzing made me want to ask her why she couldn't also see
the outcome this relationship was most likely going to have.

> I think Hermione's insight is based in the principle that guides most
> problem solving of this personal nature; it much much easier to
> understand and solve other people's problems than it is to solve your
> own.

This I definitely agree with! It's so much easier to see
things clearly when your own feelings are not involved.

> Conclusion, I see Hermione's insight as very likely and very
> believable, and not the least bit irritating.

One other reason for feeling irked at Hermione is how she
deals with her own and other peoples' feelings, when she *is* personally
involved (talking about Ron here).

She has a way of making people feel stupid by cooly
explaining things, but doesn't seem to see that she acts the
same when it comes to her own relationships.

Maybe she should sit down with another armchair psychologist
to have her own situation analyzed ;)

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