Hermione must be stopped, ...-Hermione's Crimes

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 149437

 
> Amiable Dorsai
> I've missed something.  Vengeance?  Are you talking about 
Hermione's
> strongarming of Rita into telling Harry's story?  Other than
> Hermione's threat to tell Molly that the twins were using 
> first-years as guinea pigs, that's the only blackmail I can recall
> Hermione performing in OoP. 
> 
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a_svirn:
Hermione did express her desire for revenge as early as chapter 24 
in GOF. It was between the first two tasks, somewhat in early 
January.  Rita made a huge mistake by publicly calling her "silly 
girl" which proved to be a huge mistake of her part. 

"I'll show her! Silly little girl, am I?  Oh, I'll get her back for 
this.  First Harry, then Hagrid ..."

You see, first Harry, then Hagrid, and now ME! How dares she! Since 
then Hermione had raked her brains and mulled over Rita's miraculous 
omniscience until she hit upon the truth. This done she set about 
capturing Rita in her animal guise and confining her. It was before 
any idea of using her professional skills could ever occur to 
Hermione. No, she caught Rita, imprisoned her, whereupon by using 
blackmail extracted from her a promise to stay unemployed for a 
year. If this is not revenge, I don't know what is.