Oh! Wow, thank you for such excellent, thoughtful FB. It's interesting because much of what you say are things that I *do* think about Hermione, but wasn't necessarily consciously thinking about while I was writing this. Like about her busy mind, etc. And I'm so (relieved) pleased that you liked the RoR bits, because I was nervous about them, especially because they're so necessarily "plot-devicey." Of course, the RoR was a big ol' plot device in the books as well, but.
You make an interesting point about the hugging. I thought about this too in relation to the part about Hermione not having cried in front of her mother in a long time - because she *does* cry in other situations. I almost cut that, in fact, but then left it in for some reason. I think-well, I'm very invested in thinking about how Hermione is *different* from the world in which she first grew up, so I guess for me it was a way to mirror that without going more into the obvious "she's a witch and they aren't" thing. I guess my take on it is that Hermione may be used to treaing other people in a certain way, but that it's different for how she expects people to treat her. I mean, I know lots of people who behave v. differently in their adult lives than what was normal in their families of origin. But I'm thinking that perhaps I'll go back and make that more clear before I post this to communities. So thank you for bringing that up!
(Some of) Fandom's treatment of Lavender and Cho really grates on me. (And also, of Ginny and Fleur, but that's another, longer story.) I personally think that Lavender's story is a very sad one, but one that is quite typical of being well, alive. Sometimes we fall for people who don't fall for us, and it sucks! Plus, I think that Hermione is a very logical, as well as emotional, creature and I think she'd be much more willing to be generous to Lavender...once she had Ron for herself, of course! Because I think that Hermione knew deep down that what Ron was doing wasn't right, and not just to her.
You make an interesting point about the hugging. I thought about this too in relation to the part about Hermione not having cried in front of her mother in a long time - because she *does* cry in other situations. I almost cut that, in fact, but then left it in for some reason. I think-well, I'm very invested in thinking about how Hermione is *different* from the world in which she first grew up, so I guess for me it was a way to mirror that without going more into the obvious "she's a witch and they aren't" thing. I guess my take on it is that Hermione may be used to treaing other people in a certain way, but that it's different for how she expects people to treat her. I mean, I know lots of people who behave v. differently in their adult lives than what was normal in their families of origin. But I'm thinking that perhaps I'll go back and make that more clear before I post this to communities. So thank you for bringing that up!
(Some of) Fandom's treatment of Lavender and Cho really grates on me. (And also, of Ginny and Fleur, but that's another, longer story.) I personally think that Lavender's story is a very sad one, but one that is quite typical of being well, alive. Sometimes we fall for people who don't fall for us, and it sucks! Plus, I think that Hermione is a very logical, as well as emotional, creature and I think she'd be much more willing to be generous to Lavender...once she had Ron for herself, of course! Because I think that Hermione knew deep down that what Ron was doing wasn't right, and not just to her.
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