[HPforGrownups] Pansy/ Re: House characteristics

[IreneMikhlin]

No: HPFGUIDX 150716

Karen wrote:
> 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.

> zgirnius:
> Hermione does not have a position on Firenze. She does not know him, 
> she has not had him in a class, she certainly has never done anything 
> which would harm him.
> 
> If you are referring to her comment about not being fond of horses, I 
> have never thought that was meant to be an insult to Firenze or 
> centaurkind. Parvati and Lavender were exclaiming in a groupie-like 
> way about how *handsome* he is, and doesn't Hermione wish she hadn't 
> given up Divination after all. The remark was to shut THEM up, I 
> thought. Had the discussion been about a new super-handsome male 
> professor of the human species, she might have asserted a lack of 
> interest in blonds (or whatever conspicuous physical characteristic 
> of this hypothetical professor came to mind). But YMMV...

Yes, my mileage varies hugely on this comment. I think it's very 
insulting. Speaking of super-handsome human professors, if the girls 
were giggling about this super-handsome dark skinned professor and his 
adorable black curls, and Hermione tried to shut them up with "I'm not 
fond of monkeys" retort, we wouldn't be so kind to her, would we?
Even if she still were OK with him teaching Divination.

> 
> kchuplis:  And certainly he speaks understandable English, and no one
> can be bitten badly by a flobberworm.

They don't have to be lying. I'm a foreigner here, and I have a great 
trouble understanding people with strong regional accents. It does not 
mean I want them out of their jobs, though. :-)

Irene