witches of the world (was: Lavender vs Hermione)

[hickengruendler]

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> ibchawz responds:
> Pansy Parkinson does have a few speaking parts.  IMO, they make her 
> even less likeable.  These are typically jabs at Harry, Ron, 
> Hermione, or Hagrid.  In GOF, shortly after Rita Skeeter's first 
> Daily Prophet article is printed, she does.  Rita's article stated 
> that Harry and Hermione were always together and referred to 
> Hermione as a stunningly pretty Muggleborn.  Pansy comments that 
> Hermione would be stunningly pretty compared to a chipmunk.
> 
> ibchawz, who has learned the joys of books on CD with a 1 hour 
> commute.  I listened to this scene this morning while driving.
>

Hickengruendler:

She also gets interviewed by Umbridge during Hagrid's inspection. I 
wanted to throttle her while reading the part, even though I don't 
like Hagrid as a teacher and think he should have stayed 
groundskeeper.

My favourite female character is Hermione, because I think she's the 
best written. I do not hold sending Umbridge to the centaurs against 
her, since she was in a despereate situation and had to do something 
to stop Dolly from torturing Harry. I find the Marietta jinx much 
more problematic. It's about the only time, where I didn't like how 
JKR wrote her, particularly that the jinx was still on Marietta's 
face in HBP. I'll see if this stays one of the times, where I don't 
like what JKR did, or if it will be used in a similar way the 
Vanishing cabinet incident with the twins and Montague was used, 
where I had problems with after OotP but bow like it very much, after 
what happened in HBP, since I see why JKR wrote this. Other than 
this, I adore Hermione. Sure, she's not perfect and has her nasty 
streak, but I love her very much, flaws and all. I don't think her 
flaws are worse than "Crucio"-Harry's, or "I'll make fun of Myrtle, 
so that I can feel better" Ron's. ;-)  

About the other females:

I thoroughly enjoy Trelawney's appereances, therefore I can guess I 
can say that I like her. At the very least I like her as a character. 
McGonagall kicks ass, and I adore the ground over which Luna's 
walking. Tonks I find a bit flat, but on the other hand, she's one of 
the not so many characters, that I would call genuinely nice. Fleur 
is a bit too stereotypical French for my taste, but her line about 
being beuatiful enough for two redeems her in many ways. I love 
Molly, even though she can be a pretty nasty shrew. (Or maybe because 
she can be, *veg*). Petunia, Umbridge and Rita are caricatures, and 
most of the time I think they are well done caricatures, particularly 
Umbridge. The scene with Trelawney's breakdown I find very chilling, 
because I think JKR portrayed really well here, how a nasty-minded 
yet powerful person can ruin other people's lives, if she want to. I 
like Lily, but find her uninteresting so far, particularly compared 
to James.

Hickengruendler