Hermione must be stopped, or at least slapped

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 149290

> Hickengruendler:
<snip> 
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.

a_svirn:
Frankly, I don't remember any such climax. Certainly, she leaned to 
tolerate Luna, (hardly surprising considering that she'd used her 
connections in order to thwart Umbridge and Co, and they'd fought 
together at the Ministry). But tolerance is not quite the same thing 
as appreciation. As for centaurs, I suspect she judges them even 
more harshly now after their encounter in the Forest. And wherein 
did you see the big change? She's not "more restrained", she's just 
less important in the HBP. In OOP she is a mastermind behind the 
Resistance, in HBP she's either subdued and in awe of Harry, or in 
throes of teen-age passions.