Am I the only one...

[phoenixgod2000]

No: HPFGUIDX 135657

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Krissy" <surreal_44 at y...> 
wrote:

> >>>phoenixgod2000 responded with:
> 
> No she isn't. She proved that with SPEW. She just jumped into the 
> middle of trying to fix a problem without understanding it.<<<

~Krissy:   
> I have to disagree with you there. That WAS Hermione thinking out-
side
> the box. And it didn't work. 

She wasn't thinking outside the box. She was thinking like any other 
late twentieth century muggle girl. she was just proacticve enough to 
do something about it. thinking outside the box would her her 
deciding what was best for muggle humans might not be what was best 
for a magical nonhuman race. Instead she reacted as if Dobby and 
every other house elf had desires and needs exactly like a human 
would. 
 
> Do you remember Hermione's boggart? It was that she had failed every
> class. I think Hermione's deepest fear is failure. When she can get
> over  her fear of failing I think she'll be brilliant at whatever 
she
> experiments with.

I would agree with you slightly here. I think that what holds 
hermione back is in part a fear for failure. she stays on well trod 
paths because she knows they work and finds comfort in that. When she 
learns that failure can also lead to knowledge she will be a much 
better witch and person for it. 

On the other hand I think she lacks a true spark of creative genius 
that all great inventors have. Remember, invention is an art not a 
science and I just don't think hermione is that much of an artist. 
 
> Also, did it bother anyone else that Hermione DID seem kind of 
stupid
> in Potions? We're talking about a girl who made Poly-juice Potion in
> her second year. I don't understand how she could do that then, but
> suddenly seem quite inept and unable to work at potions in her 
>sixth year.

I thought it made perfect sense. Hermione follows directions 
perfectly. when she is given perfect directions she makes great 
potions. Less perfect directions and she makes less perfect potions. 
Seemed to fit with Hermione's skill set to me.

phoenixgod2000