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How did Hermonie work exactly? (piefed.social)
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So Hermonie is a Muggle-Born Witch, meaning she is a witch despite coming from a No-Maj family.

When we see her, she is already a learned witch having buried her nose so far into the books that she effortlessly and immediately fixes Harry's glasses upon meeting him. She is shown buried in the art of witchcraft so much so that she sees being expelled from Hogwarts as less preferable than Death.

Given that she came from ordinary humans, how does this work?

Because, her parents didn't know magic existed until they got the letter from Hogwarts. How did they know to go to Diagon Alley to get Hermonie's wizarding supplies? How did they know how to find Diagon Alley? How did they pay for Hermonie's supplies with British Pounds, since they obviously don't have wizard money? Why did they even humor the idea of a Wizard School wanting to teach Hermonie magic instead of writing it off as a joke or scam?

How is it that Hermonie immediately started studying and completely skipped the "Holy shit, magic is real!" phase that should naturally come with all of this?

I mean Harry didn't know any of this either, but he had Hagrid helping him.

Did someone from the school take Hermonie to Diagon Alley and help her? Did they pay for her books? If there's a financial aid program, why didn't it help Ron?

I just have so many questions about what goes into getting a Muggle-Born Magic User ready for Magic School.

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[–] 5 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Always viewed Hermione as J.K. Rowling's self-insert character.

That's really the only way that everything that she does makes any sense.

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  • [–] 7 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

    Except Hermione has strong feelings toward equality and inclusion which is the opposite of Rowling. Hermione personally experienced discrimination with being not "pureblood" and pushed back against it for herself and others. She also stood up for others facing discrimination with Dobby and the house elves even though she herself didn't face that particular discrimination.

    If anything Hermione is the anti-Rowling.

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 9 hours ago

    I found it interesting that in Deathly Hallows, there's a passage about how Hermonie (when disguised as Harry) feels like she's in the wrong body and the entire experience is just overwhelmingly negative for her.....

    Almost like it was written by someone who understands what trans people go through.

    Either JK Rowling is a self-aware wolf, or these books are ghost written.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

    You make a really good point, but as a counter to that and to bolster my original argument, most author self-inserts are idealized versions of themselves that never make any mistakes and always rise to the challenges presented to them in the way that the story presents them.

    It's a lot easier to be perfect in a story than it is to even approach perfection in real life.

    And I don't think that J.K. Rowling knew that she was anti-trans when she was writing the books. I mean, from what I remember that whole debacle started when people started asking her about trans questions and issues in the wizarding world and she went on a rampage and shat all over all of her trans fans in the process.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 hours ago (1 child)

    She's the naive little Rowling before she "learned how the world really works" or something.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 hours ago*

    Everybody remembers in Harry Potter and the Curse Child where adult Hermione says "Those filthy House Elves should be put in chains for even talking to those mudbloods without my permission! Screw them, I got mine!" /s

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