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[Susan A]

No: HPFGUIDX 188178

Montavilla47:
> The Grangers don't have to be actors, either.  All they really have 
> to do is move to Australia.  <snip>
 
Pippin:
> > There's no need to make the magic difficult to reverse if it's  
> > hard to detect. The Grangers safety will depend on the Death 
> > Eaters not finding them in the first place.

Montavilla47:
> Exactly.  And that could be as easily accomplished without non-
> Memory Charms as with them.

Pippin:
> > They might be more vulnerable to a blind search than they would 
> > be if they were consciously in hiding. <snip> 

Montavilla47:
> And, unless his resources include a bunch of spies and informants in
> Australia, all the Grangers need to do is use false papers and false
> names.  They don't need to be charmed as well.

<snipping gobs>

Montavilla47:
> Or, she just goes ahead and does without having to go through
> the trouble of convincing them or asking any questions about her
> competency.  She just waves her wand.


SSSusan:
I'm coming to this thread late, so I may very easily be missing something... but taking off from this last remark of Montavilla's, have others looked at this from the angle that, if Hermione came up with her scheme & performed the memory charm *without* her parents' consent, perhaps she did so because she feared they would REFUSE to go into hiding and/or allow their memories to be modified?  

(I'm "giving" on one point straight away, in that, yes, I do think that would mean Hermione was being arrogant about the issue; not a bad person, but arrogant about being the one who knew best.)

I guess when I first read the book, I assumed:

1) Hermione did NOT get their consent; 
2) She did act out of a belief that she knew best and wasn't sure her parents would agree or see her POV;
3) Her goal truly was to keep them safe; BUT
4) She was afraid if she didn't take the action without their knowledge, they would refuse and would try to either prevent her from going with Harry or go find her, which she believed would be very, very dangerous to them... and possibly to Harry

I'm not even getting into the rightness/wrongness of this possibility; I'm simply asking whether others think that perhaps this is likely?  That is, that Hermione acted as she did because she believed her parents WOULDN'T go into hiding and/or go along with her plan to accompany Harry?

Siriusly Snapey Susan