[HPforGrownups] Pansy/ Re: House characteristics

[Karen]

No: HPFGUIDX 150655


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  From: IreneMikhlin 

  But Hermione is as prejudiced against Firenze as Pansy is against 
  Hagrid! We can't use it to compare the two girls in Hermione's favour.

  kchuplis:
  How so? She tries to blow off Lavendar's pushing comments by saying she's never liked horses when Lavendar wants to schmooze but she doesn't really seem to have a problem with his teaching divination. She has a problem with divination itself. 
  Irene:

  I'm not saying that Pansy is a sweet little girl. Rowling has all the 
  insider information, and if she says Pansy is a nasty piece of work, she 
  must have her reasons. But it's not coming across in the books.

  kchuplis:
  Honestly, what do people look for in the nasty characters? They don't have to be murdering people to be officious little pain in the butts. They can't all be LV, bad seed awful. It doesn't make them "good". I certainly wouldn't call Pansy likeable. Does she have to be evil? No, but she isn't honest and she isn't pleasant, ever.

  Irene:
  And anyway, about the whole "let's get Hagrid fired" campaign - do we 
  honestly think that if it wasn't Umbridge inspecting Hogwarts, but, say, 
  Lupinlore or Eggplant - Harry and the friends wouldn't use their chance 
  to get Snape fired? :-)

  kchuplis:
  Yeah, I would honestly say they would not actively do anything. They certainly wouldn't lie as others were doing regarding Hagrid. Would they be happy if he DID get fired? Probably, but I cannot see them actively trying to bring him down through lies as was the case with Hagrid. And yes folks, they were lying. I remember all the "Hagrid is such a rotten teacher" threads, but Grubbly Plank specifically comments that Hagrid has the kids well versed in most things. And certainly he speaks understandable English, and no one can be bitten badly by a flobberworm. 




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