The OOTP Gripe List, v. 5,432

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No: HPFGUIDX 126086


Antosha:

Hmmm...

1) It strikes me that what was out of character was DD's frailty and lapses of judgment. 
This didn't bother me, even when I wanted to slap the old guy around a bit.

2) Okay, so the mirror thing REALLY rubbed me the wrong way.

3) Ah, but for the vision that Ron saw in the mirror to come true doesn't require that the 
MIRROR be able to predict the future--we know it can't. Rather, it requires that RON be 
able to predict the future, a gift he's shown in a number of the books. I'm a big fan of 
Seer!Ron. That Harry not be made a prefect was a perfectly reasoned bit of poor judgment 
on DD's part (see #1)--not so much the choice, which I think had merit. No, the way of 
presenting it to Harry, which was plain stupid, given DD's unwillingness to converse 
directly with Harry during almost the whole of the book. And I agree: who was more likely 
to try out for the open Quidditch positions than Ron?

4) Phoenix2000 and I have agreed to disagree on this: I liked the direction that Ginny is 
going in, and--whether she ends up with Harry romantically or not (and I think she's the 
current odds-on favorite)--like the way she deals with him. You don't feel that way. That's 
okay.

5) But Hermione ISN'T always right. Especially when it comes to tactical decisions, she can 
be absolutely thick, the creation of the DA notwithstanding. Her approach to promoting 
elfish welfare--SPEW and the guerilla knitting campaign--are just pain doomed, however 
noble her intentions. And her brilliant plan to get away from Umbridge in the forest? Less 
than brilliant. She's an extremely bright girl with a fine sense of logic (a talent that she has 
pointed out is little prized in witches and wizards) and an over-developed work-ethic, but 
she, too makes mistakes, errors of judgment.