[HPforGrownups] Re: MAC*

[Lesley McKenna]

No: HPFGUIDX 179699

> Montavilla47:
 
> I think that for me, the most consistently annoying person was 
> Tonks.

> I didn't care for that clumsy act, the "wotcher" catchphrase, 
> or the metamorphmagus talent that NEVER GOT USED!

> Sali:
> I have to agree about Tonks. She was just so completely and 
> utterly superfluous. The only point I can see to her being 
> in existence there was to give Harry anything remotely 
> resembling a reason for refusing Lupin's help in DH. 
<SNIP>

Allie:
I third this one!! Add the fact that she had no idea that 
her husband was completely miserable. Add the fact that she 
abandoned her baby to go running after her completely miserable 
husband. Add the fact that as soon as Harry told her where he'd 
seen Lupin last during the battle of Hogwarts, she abandoned 
everything else and ran off the find him. Annoying!!!! 

Lesley:
Sorry, but I like Tonks. She was worried about her husband and 
wanted to help him. She was not concerned for her baby at the 
time because she knew he was in good hands. Of course, she would 
not have been thinking about dying, just being with her husband.
The character that really annoyed me at times was Hermione. Don't 
get me wrong, I love her character and my admiration for her 
loyalty to Harry is wonderful. I love their relationship and 
I am glad Harry told Ron that he loved her as a sister because 
that is what I have always thought their relationship most 
resembled. Brother and sister.

But saying all that, it annoys me that she does not learn from 
her mistakes. She was so certain that Harry had to be wrong 
about Malfoy being a DE in HBP. It turned out she was So wrong.
So, after that mistake, she is convinced that Harry is wrong 
about the Elder Wand in DH, and once again she is wrong. She 
cannot conceive that Harry can ever be right. Even DD says to 
trust Harry, his instincts are good, but Hermione does not 
think Harry can ever be right.

And I do know that on most occasions, as far as Ron and Harry 
go, she is right. I know without her, they would both be lost. 
But both Harry and Ron have their place in the makeup of the 
trio too.

It also irritates me when she goes on like a fishwife when 
Harry begins to get his visions again. I know she was scared 
but screaming at him like a shrew was not the way to go. 

And so saying all of that, I do love Hermione in general and 
I love the H/R pairing. I thought that was in the works since 
about POA.