Hermione in the Order, The Grangers (Re: Harry's summer in the 6th book)

[anasazi_pr]

No: HPFGUIDX 102279

boyd wrote:
> This leads me to wonder on Hermione's parents. Will Harry and Ron 
> become members of the OoP without Hermione? I can't see her parents 
> letting her join the group all summer long--so will JKR have them 
> endangered to put Hermione in the OoP, as well?
> 
> The thing that keeps bothering me about Hermione is that we know so 
> little about her back-story. I keep wondering if we're fated to see 
> more of that family. Frankly, we know less of importance about them 
> than the Longbottoms, yet fewer words have been expended on the 
> Grangers. Classic Jo redirection?

My reply (Anasazi):

I have believed that the Grangers are going to be targets of 
Voldemort since the end of GoF. In every book we are reminded that 
the Grangers are dentists muggles, but aside from that, we know next 
to nothing about them. I don't even believe we've heard them speak, 
even when they've appeared at least twice in the books. Why would she 
give so little back-story of the family of one of the most important 
characters in the books? As you've said, we know more about Neville's 
parents (and grandmother!) than we know of Hermione's family.

In a chat, someone asked Jo if we would get to see more of Hermione's 
parents, and she answered with something like "Why would you want to 
know more about them? They're dentists, they're not that interesting" 
(paraphrasing)... now, THAT was a classic jo "evade-the-question" 
maneuver. It leads me to believe that the Grangers will play a bigger 
role, and there's no better time than during the Sixth Year, 
specially with the line about the second war starting.

I think an attack on the Grangers would enrich both the plot line and 
the characters. For Hermione, who's only concerned in this war so far 
seems to be Harry, it would bring her face to face with the harsh 
reality of war and her relationship with Harry could only get 
stronger (not speaking shippy-wise). It reminds me of a line in OoTP 
where Hermione says that she wishes she could see the thestrals, and 
when Harry looks at her, she realizes what she has said and is 
horrified by what she has said.

I personally believe Hermione will get her wish.

Anasazi