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If Hermione were the Girl Who Lived, then...she wouldn't HAVE parents, and she'd likely be at least a half-blood instead of a Muggle-born. Yes, Hermione has always struck me as a feminist character since she pursues the unladylike sport of being god damned intelligent, was raised in 80s-90s Britain (which may not be a feminist haven, but its a hell of a lot better than other options), and was basically forced into a world that seems to be stuck in at least the 19th century. That image gallery (each picture only has about two sentences to 'em), however, is nothing more than moronic, click-bait bullshit.
No matter what happens, no matter what my last words may end up being, I want everyone to claim that they were: "If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine."
Aww, you guys rock. I feel the love... and the pitchforks and torches. Tingly!
Though as I recall, Hermione was by far the most competent of the trio. Ron was a bumbling idiot, and Harry was a much luckier and slightly more competent bumbling idiot. More often than not, Hermoine was the only one who actually had her shit together.
Life for the sake of life means nothing.
It doesn't concern you, Sister, that kind of absolutist view of the universe? Right and wrong determined solely by a single all-knowing, all powerful being whose judgment cannot be questioned and in whose name the most horrendous acts can be sanctioned without appeal?
Being required by someone else’s religious beliefs to behave contrary to one’s sexual identity is degrading and disrespectful.
And Hermione is a Mary Sue....If we agree that there are a few definitions and degrees of Mary Sue. She was written as a self insert and Rowling said herself that things like the awkwardness and acting like a miss know-it-all were things from her youth and she did them due to her family moving and being placed in a strange school where she had no friends. She also was not liked first due to her behaviour though she wanted to fit in. So, Hermione is a self insert certainly.She does not have all the qualities of a Mary Sue (like being 100% perfect snowflake that everyone loves and adores, kinda like whatshername in Twilight.)
Quote from: askold on January 21, 2015, 11:43:12 amAnd Hermione is a Mary Sue....If we agree that there are a few definitions and degrees of Mary Sue. She was written as a self insert and Rowling said herself that things like the awkwardness and acting like a miss know-it-all were things from her youth and she did them due to her family moving and being placed in a strange school where she had no friends. She also was not liked first due to her behaviour though she wanted to fit in. So, Hermione is a self insert certainly.She does not have all the qualities of a Mary Sue (like being 100% perfect snowflake that everyone loves and adores, kinda like whatshername in Twilight.)Yeah, self-insertion does not a Mary Sue make.
