Hermione must be stopped, or at least slapped

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 149265

 
> 
> > Hickengruendler:
> > I cannot blame her for blackmailing Rita. Sorry, maybe I'm an old
> > cynical, but Rita was deliberatly destroyng othe rpeople's lives
> with
> > half trues and outright lies. What I do think went to far is
> > capturing rita and purring her in a jar. That was harsh by
> Hermione,
> > but completely in line with the punishment other characters get.
> <snip>
> 
> a_svirn:
> Er.. does it makes it OK then?
 
Hickengruendler:

No. But it's just that IMO Hermione doesn't stand out in doing such 
things, which IMO the original poster seems to imply. I personally do 
not like the scenes very much, were JK Rowling gave the comic 
villains (which Rita clearly is) comic punishments. But that's my 
personal opinion, others might like them. It's just that it isn't 
something only Hermione does and for which she needs to be stopped. 
The others do this as well. On the other hand, the twins had to pay 
some consequences in HBP (even if it was indirectly and poor Bill had 
to suffer the most), so maybe something is in store for Hermione as 
well. But I think to a big part the climax of HBP, where she realized 
that she misjudged Luna and the centaurs, was meant to be a wake-up 
call for Hermione in a general sense, that she can't manipulate 
people like that. She was much more restrained in HBP, except for the 
scene with the birds. And since I thought all involved characters in 
the shipping chapters (except for Luna at the Christmas party) were 
highly annoying, I don't hold this against her personally.