CHAPTER DISCUSSION: Prisoner of Azkaban Chapter 13: Gryffindor versus Ravenclaw

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> Steve:
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> It isn't an insensitivity toward Lavender, but a complete disbelief that anyone could see this as an accurate prediction by Trelawney.
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> Though, I don't think I can deny that there was probably a better time and place for Hermione to argue her case. 

Potioncat:
I'm going to join in on this side after re-reading the conversation between Hermione and the girls. (It takes place in Chpt 8)

Hermione asks what's wrong and offers sympathy. Lavender mentions that this is the day Trelawney had warned her about, and starts trying to make this event fit the prophecy--which clearly requires some creative interpretation. As I read it, Hermione actually seems perplexed at the conversation's turn.

So Lavender is suggesting why the news of the rabbit's death fits Trelawney's prediction and Hermione begins countering. Much like some of our threads at HPfGU, it sort of got out of hand. Then Ron ends it with a comment about Hermione's lack of compassion for other people's pets. 

Again, it was Lavender who brought up the whole Trelawney thing--I don't think it was so much insensitivity on Hermione's part as it was bad timing and perhaps some poor choice of words.