I don't buy it, either. I mean, I buy the idea that Hermione places reason over intuition, but come on. Harry's covered in Malfoy's blood, Hermione snaps at Ginny first for thinking that "sectumsempra" is a "good spell", and Ginny's only retaliation is that Hermione doesn't understand Quidditch. Why?
Is it because Hermione's Muggle-born? Harry's as good as Muggle-born, too, and yet he's the team captain.
Is it because Hermione doesn't play? So what? She's best friends with two Quidditch-mad boys, and has been to every Gryffindor match mentioned in the five years when Quidditch matches are an option.
What I can't understand is why this person chose to pick up on Hermione's emotional intuition (or lack thereof) but didn't make a comment about Ginny's lack of compassion (or pity). Yes, Draco's a tosser/wanker/berk/git (choose the appropriate noun), he gets pleasure from bullying others, he's working for a very dangerous person, and he needs to be brought down a little... but shouldn't Ginny understand, at least intuitively, what the spell does? "Sectum-" is section, separate, "-sempra" is like "semper", always. (This just proves that Wizarding students need some sort of Latin or literature class, but that's another rant for another time.)
Saying "sectumsempra" is a good spell, in the moral sense, is like saying a bullied eleventh-grader is justified in bringing a gun to school and shooting whomever he pleases in the heart.
Yes, I know I'm ranting "here" and not "there", but I don't understand how the greater issue is Hermione's intuition, not Ginny's compassion (or lack thereof).
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Date: 2005-12-13 08:23 pm (UTC)Is it because Hermione's Muggle-born? Harry's as good as Muggle-born, too, and yet he's the team captain.
Is it because Hermione doesn't play? So what? She's best friends with two Quidditch-mad boys, and has been to every Gryffindor match mentioned in the five years when Quidditch matches are an option.
What I can't understand is why this person chose to pick up on Hermione's emotional intuition (or lack thereof) but didn't make a comment about Ginny's lack of compassion (or pity). Yes, Draco's a tosser/wanker/berk/git (choose the appropriate noun), he gets pleasure from bullying others, he's working for a very dangerous person, and he needs to be brought down a little... but shouldn't Ginny understand, at least intuitively, what the spell does? "Sectum-" is section, separate, "-sempra" is like "semper", always. (This just proves that Wizarding students need some sort of Latin or literature class, but that's another rant for another time.)
Saying "sectumsempra" is a good spell, in the moral sense, is like saying a bullied eleventh-grader is justified in bringing a gun to school and shooting whomever he pleases in the heart.
Yes, I know I'm ranting "here" and not "there", but I don't understand how the greater issue is Hermione's intuition, not Ginny's compassion (or lack thereof).