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Cat's Birthday HP Drabblethon 5

Jul 26, 2009 00:00

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shiv5468 July 26 2009, 20:46:40 UTC

Recipient: ctorres
Prompt:- Hermione/any professor, lessons outside of class
Hermione is prepared to cheat for the right cause - Ron, Harry, her parents, or bringing down Voldemort - but she disapproves of Harry’s obsession with the Half-Blood-Prince’s potions book.
He could at least leave the unglamorous role of brains to her.
But it’s more fundamental than that.

Knowledge should be hard won and worked for, valued because of the effort, and not just absorbed secondhand at the feet of a master.

The Prince surely worked for that brilliance.

She has to hope that’s the case, because the alternative is that hard work won’t always take her where she needs to be.

bonfoi July 26 2009, 21:55:35 UTC

Oh, that'sa wicked good take on the prompt! Well done!

shiv5468 July 27 2009, 09:25:14 UTC

Thank you very much

mundungus42 July 26 2009, 22:26:48 UTC

Oh wow, that's a hard lesson to learn. Here's hoping she feels vindicated by the Sectumsempra incident later.

shiv5468 July 27 2009, 09:27:20 UTC

And the hot sex with SNape in due course when they find out that he's still alive!!!

kizzy7 July 26 2009, 22:38:41 UTC

Brilliant take on the prompt-- a frightening realisation for Hermione, indeed.

shiv5468 July 27 2009, 09:27:54 UTC

Thank you :D

djinnj July 27 2009, 02:21:06 UTC

Oooo, loved the bite of that last line. The swot's insecurity.

shiv5468 July 27 2009, 09:29:41 UTC

And the fear that she doesn't really belong in this world after all. Poor thing.

Thank you for commenting

djin7 July 27 2009, 02:59:28 UTC

So true, not everyone is looking for the quick fix or the easy money, and it must be hard for those who don't watching those who do. Nicely done!

shiv5468 July 27 2009, 09:31:22 UTC

The scholar's lament, I think.

Thank you.

lilacsigil July 27 2009, 04:15:55 UTC

This is very true - Hermione was so angry about that book, and it really wasn't because Harry was doing so well. It undermined her entire world view.

shiv5468 July 27 2009, 09:32:54 UTC

Yes, I think it did. Her world view, what her place was in that world, what she was there to be. I think that was very hard time for her.

ctorres July 27 2009, 21:29:38 UTC

Ooh. That's very Hermione. I like this a lot. Thanks!

shiv5468 July 27 2009, 22:52:05 UTC

You're welcome. I'm gald you enjoyed it.

lore July 27 2009, 22:53:53 UTC

Awwww, you write Hermione's self-doubt so well! Thank you!

love, lore

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