[HPforGrownups] Hmmm.... Will Hermione's roll be insignificant?

[AnitaKH]

No: HPFGUIDX 155980



cubfanbudwoman <susiequsie23 at sbcglobal.net> pondered:                                  I'm not quite sure what to make of our poll results so far... if 
 anything.  But I'm finding it *interesting* that in both polls --
 
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-- that Hermione is getting surprisingly little action.  
 
[more prunage]
Does this mean anything?  Does it simply mean that HPfGUers think 
 Hermione's part to play has been set and won't be tweaked by JKR?  
 Does it mean that HPfGUers don't pay much attention to Hermione?  
 Does it mean it's a "boy's story" and the chief girl still isn't as 
 important to the action & the outcome as the boys? (Eeek! Don't throw 
 tomatoes -- I'm just asking!)
 
 Anyway, it may mean nothing at all, but seeing such low numbers "for" 
 Hermione in either poll got me wondering if people just don't see her 
 as being all that important?
 akh responds (while still kind of on her lunch break):
I didn't pick Hermione because I presumed JKR didn't change her mind about Hermione's fate.  I think because she has professed seeing herself and her sister in the character, she would have given considerable thought to Hermione's fate from the beginning, and a change in that would be a MAJOR change in the final chapter, not the "slight" change to which she confesses in the Richard and Judy Show interview (did I get the name of the show right?)

I see Hermione as a vital key in Harry's success, either through her magical skill or her gift for logic as demonstrated in PS/SS.  Of course, this means I'll be completely wrong and Hermione will be swept away in Chapter 2.  

akh, who realizes you were posing all the options, not suggesting JKR has decided "girls don't count" in the HP stories...










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