[HPforGrownups] Re: Being Good and Evil /Hermione is Voldemort in making?

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 155081

--- houyhnhnm102 <celizwh at intergate.com> wrote:

> And if there isn't, why should Marietta be particularly 
> wary of putting her name on Hermione's parchment for any 
> reason other than the obvious one that it will incriminate 
> her if it falls into the wrong hands?  

Hermione's problem is the same one she has with SPEW: she knows best,
and because her motives are pure, then everything she does (as long
as it's In Pursuit Of A Higher Goal) is praiseworthy.  Anyone who's
spent their career in the non-profit sector, like I have, will have
run into dozens of Hermoine's over the years.  If you're lucky,
they're just volunteers, if you're not lucky, they're major donors
and if you're REALLY screwed, they're members of the board of
directors or even your boss.

Hermoine would never show off in the Gryffindor common room ("Hey
everyone look what I taught myself today!") but she has no
compunctions about pushing the boundaries when it's in Harry's
interest or when she's combatting a real wrong (house elf servitude).
 

A side effect of this is that she never anticipates payback - she's
taking a real risk that Rita Skeeter isn't going to take a piece out
of her hide in Book 7 after being held captive in a bottle and losing
a year's income.  Actions have consequences, and Hermione's been
lucky - so far.

Magda (who's had a couple of Hermione bosses in her still-young lifetime)

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