[HPforGrownups] Another angle on Hermione's parents

[Tracy Woods]

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Debbie:
I think Hermione's actions were always out of love. Her parent were
not comfortable in the wizard world, so Hermione tried to protect
them from the uglier side of it. I think that is far more
compassionate than telling them and saying "oh, by the way you cannot
protect me".
By doing it the way she did, she not only ensured their safety but
also protected them from the bitterness of grief it things did not go
well. I don't think she really believed that she would come back.

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bloggertracy:

I agree with you as well, Debbie.  I think I recall (and I don't have the
book handy to check right now) that it mentions Hermione tearing up (or
showing some sort of sadness) when explaining what she did to her
parents...I don't believe it was at the beginning, I think it was later in
to the book.  There's no insensitivity about it.  Being so close to Harry,
and a muggle born witch as well, she was always in danger.  I can't imagine
that there is anything more painful in the world than losing a child, and
she was protecting them from that.  Worse than losing a child, her parents
could have lost a child, and would have to live with the knowledge all their
lives that they were unable to protect her, even though as parents, that's
their duty, and what every parent wants to do more than anything.  Would you
(general "you" not you specifically Debbie lol) want to lose a child and be
tortured, every day, with the knowledge that you, her parent, could not
protect your child?

I wondered though, when i was done, if Hermione had gone back and "fixed"
her parents' memories when everything was over?