[HPforGrownups] Re: Imperio

[Janette]

No: HPFGUIDX 176932

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> raven_paul_07:
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> I agree. Hermione is bright. She has a lot of knowledge but not
> so much wisdom. What she showed is selfishness. She wants to go
> with Harry and Ron to find the other Horcruxes - she had a point
> on that one. But she chose to leave her parents not knowing where
> she would go. My professor says, "Parents would understand if you
> would explain it very well. You cannot blame them because they
> always worry about you..." Hermione is such a bright witch, I
> hoped that she would know that. She can always explain it to
> her parents in a proper manner but did not do it because of
> selfishness. She always thought that she can handle all things
> in her hand.


montims:
we know nothing of Hermione's relationship with her parents - while we see
them at Gringotts, and speaking with Arthur, seemingly as interested in the
Wizard world as Arthur is in muggles, Hermione spends very few holidays with
them, and it would appear that they are ok about that.  She also cancelled a
skiing trip with them at the last moment, with seemingly no repercussions.
While we are postulating alternative scenarios, let me present a couple who
are so happy together in their lives and their joint career that their
daughter is kind of an imposition.  I am not saying they mistreat her - she
seems wellcared for, if a little anxious to please, and very driven to study
(to attempt to impress her parents who will otherwise not notice her?)  They
always wanted to move to Australia - maybe they let her know - oh, in a very
detached and non-accusatory way - that her arrival and existence
had obstructed this longheld dream...  Maybe Hermione is not the selfish one
here...


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