[HPforGrownups] Re: Knight 2 King--Hermione is McGonagall!

[Julie Stevenson]

No: HPFGUIDX 88618

I read through the Ron = Dumbledore theory in 'Knight 2 King', and while I'm 
undecided as to whether I think it's true, I definitely have to say that 
it's an extremely creative, well-documented and thought-out theory, and 
worthy of Rowling if it does turn out to be right or have elements in it 
that are correct. I started out as being very skeptical, but by the time I 
read to the end of the theory, I was extremely impressed with the depth and 
canon citations that the creators used to back it up.

However, I'm a bit more reticent about the Hermione = McGonagall theory. 
First of all, using the time-travel twist with one character is pretty cool, 
I'd say. But using it with two out of the three members of the Trio? Then it 
seems a bit overdone, in my opinion.

But more than this, the reason that I disagree with the Hermione = 
McGonagall theory is because while Dumbledore seems to be pretty close to 
omniscient (which would make sense, if he's already experienced these events 
before), I never get that feeling with McGonagall. She's very clever, of 
course, but she gets very worried about things that Dumbledore doesn't. And 
one of the first comments that we hear McGonagall say in the HP series is a 
comment that baby Harry should be raised in the wizard world, he shouldn't 
be raised by these muggles.

Hermione, being muggle-born, wouldn't likely have any prejudice against 
muggles. And while she might not like the Dursleys because of what she hears 
about them from Harry, I think that she'd be aware that putting Harry in 
care of a wizard family would cause him to turn out radically different from 
how he did originally (if she were McGonagall, that is). And she wouldn't 
question Dumbledore wanting to place Harry where he belongs. Or even if she 
did question it, she'd do it using different words/argument than we see 
McGonagall use in the first book.

-- Julie

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