Polyjuiced Hermione

[JoAnna]

No: HPFGUIDX 106408

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "texaschow" 
> I'm pretty sure Hermione meant human to human transformations.  The 
> hair she plucked off of Millicent's robes was cat hair, so that was 
> the non-human.  
> 
> Maybe the whole point of the polyjuice scene was to show that 
> Hermione is human, and does make mistakes.  It also shows what 
> happens when you *assume* too much.
> 
> ~Cathy~

I always thought that the point of turning Hermione into a cat is so
JKR would have an excuse for her *not* to go to the Slytherin
dungeons.  In the scene where H&R are impersonating C&G, they're both
very awkward and don't know what to say to Draco.  Hermione, I
imagine, would have been much more prepared and confident with her
questions (also, I imagine she would have known the way to the
Slytherin dungeons, having memorized the layout of the castle from
reading Hogwarts, A History).  :)

As for Madam Pomfrey keeping her in the hospital wing for so long... I
have no doubt that Hermione begged her to let her stay.  Would you
want to be among your classmates after having accidentally
transfigured yourself into a cat?  Fur on your face, and whiskers? 
She'd never live it down - everyone, especially the Slytherins, would
tease her mercilessly.

- JoAnna