Hermione acting out-of-character

[brandy]

No: HPFGUIDX 111255

I searched the past few hundred posts and didn't see anything about this, sorry if it's 
been brought up already.

I just want to know if I'm the only one who got really, really annoyed when Hermione 
came totally out of character and did something as stupid as saying to the centaurs 
tha she wanted them to get rid of Umbridge for her.

I mean, such a HUGE deal had just been made, with her present, about the centaurs 
not being there to serve humans, etc etc.  She had obviously been paying attention, 
since she knew enough to know that they'd go after Umbridge but not her and Harry. 
And yet, she uncharacteristically opens her mouth, says something stupid, and 
magically has to be rescued by Grawp.

Anyone have an explanation for this?  Or is it just a mistake - JKR paying too much 
attention to where she wants the plot to go (seeing Grawp again) to think about what 
the character would actually do?

I actually didn't like the whole Grawp subplot at all - he'd better become really 
important in the next couple books, or he's not worth having in the series at all.

-Brandy