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The HMS STFU - Meta Part 2: Ron, Hermione, Jealousy, and Bad Cliches (Part 1)
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| One of my biggest problems with Hermione is that she was never tested in the way that Ron was. She never had to face up to her own issues. She never had to deal with being wrong or making a bad decision. She remains the same know-it-all pain-in-the-ass throughout the series. There's no real growth in her character.
This is so true. I think that's why I'm indifferent to Hermione. I don't dislike her, but she bugs me most of the time she's on page. | | (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread) |
| The part that got up my nose about her a little was the way she talked like she knew it all about Occlumency in fifth year, and didn't bother to say "O hai, here's a book, plzreadit" *, and then nagging at Harry over it in Deathly Hallows.
That second part in particular shows she has no understanding of what it's like for someone to be reminded of a bad experience that turned into a cock-up all around. No matter how much Harry intellectually knows it'd be a good idea, emotionally, it's all mixed up with Snape rooting around in his mind and Dumbledore not paying any attention to him.
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* Yes, I realize JKR wanted things to work the way she wrote them for plot reasons, but frankly, if Hermione's learned anything at all about Occlumency you'd bet she'd be eager as hell to master it and show off to Harry that she knows it. And in that instance, he might actually preferred to have learned it all at Hermione's behest and bypass Snape if he could.
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The HMS STFU - Meta Part 2: Ron, Hermione, Jealousy, and Bad Cliches (Part 1)
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