Hermione WAS :Re: CHAPDISC: DH32, The Elder Wand

[sistermagpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 184782

> Alla earlier:
> 
> I would find it a perfect feminist moment ... to show that girls, 
who are supposedly girly and only think about boys and makeup, are 
great fighters too.
> 
> CJ now:
> 
> This puzzles me. Perhaps I'm seeing subtexts that aren't there, but 
I take the "too" in your comment to mean "just like men". 

Magpie:
I think she means "just like Hermione" meaning that whether or not a 
girl is a competent or tough (and in this universe fighting doesn't 
mean violence or masculinity, just good at magic) has nothing to do 
with how girlie she is. 

I had a similar response as Alla, I think. Hermione already "won" Ron 
in the fight with Lavender, and of course she wouldn't have let 
Lavender get hurt just because she was jealous. But for me it's part 
of the pattern of the way the books always worked. Lavender is bested 
by Hermione, Hermione is the better person for Ron while Lavender 
just gets dumped. Then Hermione rescues her which shows Hermione 
being good while Lavender is as hapless as ever. Since Hermione was 
the one to be more contemptuous of Lavender over the series it would 
mean something different for Lavender to save her than Hermione to 
save Lavender. 

-m