Yeah, I know it's pretty much horridly OOC for Hermione to have done that (and for Draco to have been so scared out of his wits). The whole scene was horrible, but it made me think of "what if", I guess, and question why people seemed to hate the whole idea of this sort of Hermione (nevermind the awful execution, I mean).
I dunno if I think it was supposed to be "okay" so much as "understandable". I mean, it didn't -really- hurt him... I guess? The scene kind of boggles me, but I think Hermione was just supposed to have lost it (at least Ron seemed to think so). Or something.
I don't think she was punishing a subhuman "creature" there, though she did call Draco a cockroach. If anything, how could Hermione, house-elf champion, lash out at someone she thought was subhuman creature? It's kind of ridiculous. I think it was supposed to be in the same vein as OoTP!Harry's beating up of Malfoy after Quidditch. Not that that was a Good Thing, but.
I wasn't defending her, just sort of going, well, kick-ass!Hermione isn't a bad idea necessarily, even though canonically, it's more than a bit ridiculous. Or something. Did I even -have- a point? -.-
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Date: 2004-06-11 03:18 am (UTC)I dunno if I think it was supposed to be "okay" so much as "understandable". I mean, it didn't -really- hurt him... I guess? The scene kind of boggles me, but I think Hermione was just supposed to have lost it (at least Ron seemed to think so). Or something.
I don't think she was punishing a subhuman "creature" there, though she did call Draco a cockroach. If anything, how could Hermione, house-elf champion, lash out at someone she thought was subhuman creature? It's kind of ridiculous. I think it was supposed to be in the same vein as OoTP!Harry's beating up of Malfoy after Quidditch. Not that that was a Good Thing, but.
I wasn't defending her, just sort of going, well, kick-ass!Hermione isn't a bad idea necessarily, even though canonically, it's more than a bit ridiculous. Or something. Did I even -have- a point? -.-