The Malfoys WAS: Wizarding kids and their parents

[sistermagpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 183987

> > Magpie:
> > Yes, Hermione says she's been trying to persuade her parents to let
> her  shrink her teeth for ages but they told her to "carry on with 
her 
> > brace," which would presumably mean she's got a night brace or 
> > something. Not braces.
> 
> 
> Pippin:
> Double checking, my Scholastic First American Edition says "braces." 
> My Raincoast (Canadian) edition says, "brace." Any Brits care to weigh
> in on this?

Magpie:
Seems like a silly change in the US version. I've seen "braces" used 
exactly the same in British writing/speech as US writing/speech. 
Hermione's never described as having braces, which I'd think she would 
be, particularly in the scene where her teeth grow incredibly large not 
long before this scene. (Wouldn't Pansy be making fun of them too?)

Regardless, this scene shows Hermione taking matters into her own hands 
and overriding her parents rather silly preference for expensive manual 
treatments for her teeth in favor of the magical solution. For me it's 
not so much about imagining Hermione as a real girl interacting with 
her parents when I don't see her (though she's certainly never 
portrayed as dealing with much parental control at all), but more part 
of the very consistent pattern of Wizard/Muggle interaction.

-m