[HPforGrownups] Re: Bigotry in the Potterverse/Hermione and her parents

[Lynda Cordova]

No: HPFGUIDX 188156

sistermagpie:

And I didn't actually assign any different motivation to Hermione than she
had in the book. She's getting them out of Voldemort's immediate vicinity.
(Though in defending her choice people often naturally have to make up other
motivations to explain the memory charm, like Hermione protecting Harry and
herself in some way by making it harder for Voldemort to crack her parents'
minds--even though they don't really know anything anyway.)

Lynda:

I don't defend Hermione's choice by making up other motivations. She did
what she did to protect them, short and simple. Other children and other
parents have taken similar actions for the same reasons. And from  reading
the books, Hermione said that she had told her parents quite a lot about
Harry. I therefore believe that she did tell her parents "quite a lot" about
Harry. Enough that she felt they needed to be protected from the possible
danger provided by Voldemort. I'd rather protect my family from possible
harm by removing them from harm's vicinity by whatever means possible than
not take protective action and see them hurt, even if they were five steps
away from something I'm on top of. Five steps is not very far and if I can
keep my family safe, I'll do that. I think Hermione's motivations were the
same.

Lynda


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