Hmmmm... Will Hermione's role be insignificant?

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 155999

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman" 
<susiequsie23 at ...> wrote:
> 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 [ ]
> Hermione is getting surprisingly little action.  
<snip>
> 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!)


Jen: The real block for me is there's little rationale for 
Hermione's death the way JKR has written her so far. Neville has an 
old and personal score to settle; Ginny is now the best way for 
Voldemort or a minion to get to Harry; Ron is ripe to prove himself 
and overcome the shadow of his brothers and Harry...there are so 
many other young characters who have better reasons to be in danger 
than Hermione. Her role has typically been protecting Harry with 
information and admonishment rather than providing physical 
protection. Maybe she'll die in the library looking at a book in the 
restricted section <g>.

Plus with Dumbledore gone she's the main character left who can 
provide narrative information so her death would likely have to 
happen at the end after giving Harry some piece of information to 
solve a final puzzle. But she just seems an unlikely and somewhat 
undramatic death to me given her storyline, and JKR will need to 
come up with some major drama if she plans to top the tower scene in 
HBP!

Jen R., who voted for Draco as the one winning the reprieve.