Hermione's Career - Politics (was: Hard Choices)

[northsouth17]

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phoenixgod2000 wrote:
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> You make an arguement for Hermione making a good Slytherin. But a 
> politician, no. She just doesn't have the personal touch that truly 
> great politicians need. 
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> Hermione would make a good policy wonk. Someone like Karl Rove, the 
> chief advisor to President Bush.
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 All right, I see your point. And I definitely agree that she 
wouldn't be a very good teacher. 

Nor does she have very much charisma - OTOH, charisma seems slightly 
overrated, to be honest. It's tossed about like a magic word, and yet 
it's tricky to define. Nonetheless, Hermione is not a  charismatic 
leader - that's Harry, who through no effort of his own is elected 
head of the DA. 

But I do believe Hermione can grow - I think she has the composure to 
develop into a good public speaker, for example, and with the years 
to become a bit less shrill and perfectionistic. Or she could just 
get worse in those regards. It's hard to say, because she's 16 at the 
moment, and probably looking at a very trying few years. I think how 
she weathers them will be critical to the woman that she ends up. 

If things go right though (or, um, wrong, in a sense, if she faces 
challenges that help her grow and overcome her insecurities)...well, 
I think she could be a leader, not an overwhelmignly charismatic one 
like Harry, but a well respected and highly effective one anyway. 

Northsouth
Who may be naive, but does believe that what's being done is at least 
equal in importance to who's doing it.