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[-] rob64@startrek.website 60 points 8 months ago

Functionally, he's good at being reliably moral. See: the mirror of erised, the second GoF task, going willingly to his death.

[-] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 36 points 8 months ago

Reliably moral by traditional wizarding standards*. Hermione is more reliably moral by standards external to the wizarding world.

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 17 points 8 months ago

Hermione blackmailed a journalist and kept her in a jar for several weeks. The following year she cursed a fellow student and left them permanently disfigured. I'm not sure that I would consider her more reliably moral... a good person overall, but with flaws.

[-] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 19 points 8 months ago

Idk, just because she doesn't turn into a human welcome mat doesn't make her immoral. And Rita is as much a journalist as anyone on Fox News is, which is to say, not at all. Hermione recognized that nobody would do anything about Rita spreading her harmful bullshit and took direct, decisive action.

[-] NounsAndWords@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

I read that part as a(nother) self insert for Rowling venting about tabloids which were absolutely writing about her at the time.

[-] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

He's kind of a dick though...

[-] NounsAndWords@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Fame went to his head for a bit there, then he got pissed that everyone had opinions about him....kinda like a certain author I know of...

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