Hermione's a liberal - she's a corny pain!

[sandra87b]

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> Kemper now:
> I'm not arguing Hermione's lack of tolerance; I'm arguing her lack of 
> consideration towards a people who have a seemingly unchanged culture 
> that has continued for centuries.  
> I consider Hermione a liberal as you have well defined it.  But 
> again, she could use a mentor.
> Kemper
> Thanking Alla for the opportunity to expound on the thread.

In my opinion Hermione is a pain in the backside and a dismally 
embarrassing character. Female characters are capable of doing more in a 
story than just being the goody-goody, moral-conscience (one Lisa Simpson 
is enough, thank you - and at least LS is amusing) swots. Without her, Harry 
might actually have to do some work (or homework) and get motivated by 
himself every now and then. Take a look at The Odessa Stone for a decent 
female lead - I love that book, and the three leads (two good, one evil) were 
deeply believable and 'real'. Unlike the cringeworthy Ms 
Know-It-All-So-Harry-Doesn't-Have-To.
She was okay in the first book, a nice foil to the underprivileged pure-blood 
Ron and the over-privileged under-loved Harry, but I found her grating in the 
second, annoying in the third with her "girly swot, brain the size of a planet" 
persona, and just plain irritating in the 4th and 5th with all the wet-liberal 
House Elf nonsense and her constant zero-personality preaching. I think JKR 
is just setting up a scene in books 6 or 7 whereby the House Elves help the 
trio out of a big scrape, if not the final big scrape of book 7. Hermione finally 
saves the day, in a round about way. It's just so tedious getting there.

Sandra (getting all indignant about the clichéd Hermione, again.)