"Slytherin" Hermione? (was Re: The Beetle At Bay)

[mrs_sonofgib]

No: HPFGUIDX 112254



> HunterGreen: .... Hermione is loyal most of the time, but when she 
has it in her to be 
> disloyal. In PoA when Harry gets the firebolt she runs off and 
tells 
> McGonnagal about it, without even warning Harry first. Don't get 
me 
> wrong, I think that was the best decision (after all the firebolt 
was 
> indeed from Sirius, even though it wasn't jinxed), but that would 
> still be considered 'disloyalty', in the strict meaning of the 
word. 

I disagree that going to McGonagall was disloyal to Harry.  She was 
concerned with his safety and was willing to make him very upset 
with her in order to protect him.  That is true loyalty.  I could 
see how a 13 year old Harry might see it as disloyal (not to mention 
Ron's POV) especially without a 'heads up.' But on the outside we 
should be able to see that it was very loyal to be willing to make 
your friends angry (in the short term) to protect them (in the long 
term).  
~tina