Evil Hermione Was:Re: Evil Snape

[horridporrid03]

No: HPFGUIDX 154610

> >>SSSusan:
> <snip>
> > In short, I don't believe she thought hard enough about how BEST 
> > to do this for Harry's sake, and that is the way in which she    
> > let him down.
> > <snip> 
> > If I were Harry, I, too, would have been furious.  How dare she
> > allow people to come to an *opening, organizational* meeting,    
> > pretty much "cornering" Harry, and then attempt to pass the     
> > whole thing off as *Harry's* own idea?  If Hermione had thought 
> > things through more fully, had been a little more empathetic    
> > concerning Harry, this could have gotten off to a much smoother 
> > start, Harry would not have felt so frustrated and angry (and    
> > not to mention that Marietta Edgecombe might never have become a 
> > part of the group).  
> > <snip> 
 
> >>Carol:
> <snip>
> I agree that this is an instance (like the jinx on the parchment   
> and Hermione's Vanishing Harry's potion and the whole business of 
> knitting hats and socks for house-elfs and taking Umbridge to the 
> Centaurs) of Hermione taking matters into her own hands, rather   
> arrogantly assuming that she knows best and not thinking things   
> through, often with unfortunate consequences.
> <snip>
> You're right that Hermione goes about the whole process in a rather
> dodgy or at least secretive manner and that she doesn't let Harry 
> know what she's doing or anticipate his feelings.
> <snip>
> But Harry, IMO, overreacts to her interference.
> <snip>
> I think what we're being shown here is not just Hermione's        
> mishandling of the situation but Harry's tendency to judge people 
> and assume the worst. 
> <snip>

Betsy Hp:
Actually, I think Harry lets Hermione off the hook far too easily, 
with far reaching consequences.  Hermione baldly lied to Harry about 
what she was trying to do.  This wasn't just a feeling out meeting.  
And she wasn't going for a mere study group.  Hermione came prepared 
with a jinxed parchment that would permanently disfigure anyone who 
spoke about the club.

"So if you sign you're agreeing not to tell Umbridge -- or anybody 
else -- what we're up to."  [OotP scholastic hardback p.346]

Hermione crossed a line into full out war mode, without discussing 
it with Harry or Ron or any of the students who showed up.  Her 
willingness to lie about whose idea the meeting was is indicitive, I 
think, of her deviousness, her "mother knows best" way of thinking.

And that Harry doesn't call Hermione on her behavior (Hermione 
clearly knew almost *exactly* how many people were coming.  She 
invited the Hufflepuffs for goodness sake) allows Hermione to think 
that this sort of behavior is good.  And she continues it into her 
bigoted manipulation of the Centaurs, her cheating Ron onto the 
quidditch team (disgusting behavior that she *still* doesn't see as 
wrong), and her trashy date shopping for Slughorn's Christmas part.

Of the Trio Hermione has become their weakest link.  Not that she'll 
*knowingly* do wrong.  She'll honestly think she's doing right.  
But, just like Umbridge, I think Hermione's self-righteousness has 
left her with a broken moral compass.  Hopefully her problems will 
be recognized before she gets someone killed.

Betsy Hp