[HPforGrownups] Hermione

[Ronin_47]

No: HPFGUIDX 165564

--Vexie Wrote--
>>>I just thought of this and wished to gather others' opinion. 
Hermione while appearing to hold rules over all else often breaks 
them more so than Harry or Ron, herself. I would even say she has out 
done the twins and rivaled their mischeif-just not seeked the same 
glory in it. She started in the first book when she followed Ron and 
Harry and even lied to a teacher about how she became locked in a 
bathroom with a troll (I never understood the need to lie there). She 
slapped Malfoy, kidnapped and imprisoned Ms Skeeter, yelled at a 
teacher and walked out of Divination class, made polyjuice potion and 
many other instances of rule breaking. Were all these instances just 
situations she thought she could control without being caught or 
jepordizing safety? Could that be the reason she did not want 
anything to do with the HBP's book? She showed concern with Harry's 
new broom by reporting it to her head of house. Yet she also risked 
her life to go back in time to save him. Another dichotomy would be 
when she sent birds she had conjured to attack Ron. Does she use her 
intellect or emotion to govern her actions? I am also thinking of her 
spell in OoP when anyone who turned the others in would be marked on 
the forehead. She's sneakier than Harry or Ron, better at spells but 
how stable is she?<<<
 
 
 
--Ronin's Comments--
Yep! Hermione's crazy but I love her.
She really got under my skin with all of her nagging in HBP. She's a total
hypocrite and even when Dumbledore is killed, she has to rub it in how she
was right about the Prince. Even though, if Harry hadn't figured out about
bezoars, Ron would be dead. If Harry hadn't won the Felix Felicis, most or
all of the DA members would've been killed. If she hadn't been so convinced
that she was right about Malfoy (even though she saw him up to no good,
first hand), they may have figured out what he was up to much sooner and
prevented the whole incident.
Yet, those examples of her own behaviour are justified in her mind. It's
insanity. Just as it was when she jinxed McLaggen so that Ron would make the
Quiditch team, but threatened to have Harry expelled for faking to slip him
a drop of luck potion.
That's why one of my favorite parts of HBP was when Ginny told Hermione to
shut up and drop it already.
Hermione of all people, should not be so concerned with how Harry learned
from the HBP's notes. If this was cheating, what was it when she used a time
turner all year to get to classes. Wouldn't all students have liked to have
had a time turner? Didn't this give her an unfair academic advantage which
she never even mentioned to her best friends until the end when it was
unavoidable.
She's totally mental.
 
Cheers,
Ronin


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