boggart-fighting (was: Hermione and Snape).

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> > a_svirn:
> > And I don't buy the story she made up about her 
> > boggart being McGonagall telling her she's failed everything. 
> > For one thing, she couldn't have been THAT much worried
> > about her results, for another – a blood-curdling cry is not a 
> > likely reaction to such news. 
> > She must have encountered something really horrid out
> > there and for some reasons felt compelled to conceal what it 
> > was. I wonder what? 
> > a_svirn
> 
> Karen:
> I also think a hysterical scream is a very typical *Hermione* 
> reaction to the news that she had failed all her exams.  I don't 
> believe that McGonagall is the significant part of the boggart, it 
> is the news that is significant.  To Hermione, who values
> intellect and learning above any material thing, failure of exams
> would be a total catastrophe.
> Karen

RedLena:
I agree with Karen... this reaction was completely in character for 
Hermione.  This is a girl who believes that school is more 
important than life itself.

"I hope you're pleased with yourselves. We could have been all 
killed -- or worse, expelled." -Hermione, PS/SS

The idea of failing everything would be a true horror to her.  And 
to have the news delivered by McGonagall, the head of 
Hermione's house and an authority figure whom she respects, 
would make the horrible news even worse.

-- RedLena