Is Luna Lovegood the anti-Hermione?

[ohneill_2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 113603

serenadust wrote:

> Perhaps Hermione's cleaning up of the draught could be more 
> accurately called presumtuous, rather than misreading Harry's wants 
> and needs.  

Now Cory:

The thing is, Hermione was trying to be nice and help Harry.  It 
ended up hurting him, but only because Snape destroyed Harry's first 
sample.  Had that not happened, Harry probably would have appreciated 
what Hermione did.  I suppose you could call it presumptuous; it's a 
little like starting to clean someone's dinner plate without first 
making sure they're finished eating.  It was a mistake, but I 
certainly wouldn't attach a great deal of significance to it in terms 
of Hermione's relationship with Harry.

Serenadust again:

I don't think that even "those who insist on over-
> analyzing everything" ;-) would criticize her for not cleaning up 
> after him in Potions class.  

Now Cory:

Heh -- thanks for not taking offense to that comment; it sounded a 
lot snippier when I read it the second time than I intended when I 
wrote it.

You're probably right, although I have read much crazier leaps of 
logic on this board before.

--Cory