Evil Hermione Was:Re: Evil Snape

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No: HPFGUIDX 154602

> SSSusan, earlier:
<  HUGE SNIP>
>> So I just can't back down from including this as a moment where 
Harry 
> felt let down in a major way by Hermione, regardless of the fact that 
> the DA *turned out* to be a good thing in the end.  It was the way it 
> developed, the way she kept Harry in the dark, the way she hadn't 
> thought through what was likely to happen to him.  I think it's 
> pretty clear from JKR's writing that Harry felt that way, too.


Alla:

Wanted to reply to this in your earlier post, but may as well do it 
here. YES, I completely agree with you. Harry has EVERY reason to be 
furious with Hermione here, because of the way she handled situation, 
the way she PRESUMED she knows best, the way she did not insisted on 
the smaller group of people.

I am with Harry totally, DESPITE that DA turned out to be very good 
thing for him.

BUT precisely because DA turned out to be good thing for him, I want to 
backtrack a bit.

The way I understood what Pippin originally wrote was that she was 
comparing Harry trusting Ron and Hermione for no special reason other 
than loving them, baluing their friendship and DD trusting Snape.

Pippin also argued ( as I understood) that Ron and Hermione let Harry 
down just as badly as Snape did ( sorry if I misunderstood) and this I 
don't buy at all.

Are you also arguing that Hermione handling DA the way she did equals 
what Snape did to Harry?

Because that is what I don't see at all. I cannot put even close - a 
supernosy, bossy friend who IMO truly has your best intentions in mind, 
even when she acts bossy and interfering and ....Snape.

If somebody did to me what Hermione did to Harry, I would have been 
furious with her means, but when I would have realised how much I like 
doing it, I would have forgiven my friend and loved her even more.

And Snape .... well, you know how I feel about him :)

JMO,

Alla, who thinks that loyal friends' mistakes and the torments of 
bastards like Snape are not very comparable.