[ SECRET POST #3623 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3623 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Honestly I have no trouble with the way movie!Hermione looks or even Emma's acting (well in this case, I'm still not sold on her as Belle).

Book Hermione went through an awkward phase just like we all do, but she was obviously attractive enough to attract Krum, McLaggen, and eventually Ron's attention. Obviously, it's not anyone's fault that Emma grew up to be stunning, even if I do think they could have toned it down a bit. Especially in GOF (since we really lost the Yule Ball "wow" moment, because we'd already seen how prettily Hermione can style her hair and put on mascara.)

My issue is the way the films WROTE Hermione. Steve Kloves has such a boner for the character that he purposefully minimized her every flaw and quirk until she was "perfect"-- perfect and BORING. And then it got worse in the last few movies, when Kloves was partnered with Yates, who also loves Hermione--or at least the "dream girl" version of movie Hermione that the films started to establish by GOF.

And not only did this ruin Hermione's characterization, but Ginny's and Ron's as well--by giving a lot of their best moments, interactions with Harry, and overall screen time to Hermione, so that Kloves and Yates could get their fanboy on and try to push Harmony on us.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, they had Hermione doing fucking wandless magic. Ridiculous.

I know Kloves is a Harmony shipper and they seem to have a very specific idea of who Hermione is. Way back in 2004 when Harry Potter fandom was in its heyday (and when only 3 of the Harry Potter movies had come out) I was a debater for the side of Ron and Hermione in the great shipping war. It was on a website that doesn’t exist anymore called Veritaserum. So I talked to a lot of harmony shippers and quite a few of them had this idea of Hermione that I thought was problematic because it didn’t reflect the Hermione I knew from the books. Many of these shippers were caught up in what I like to call “the Goddess Hermione Myth."

Goddess Hermione is an angel sent from on high to be the answer to all of Harry’s problems. She is his shoulder to cry on, his endless source of useful information, the one who stood up for him the most, the one who always reassured him, the one who taught him the most. If she has a flaw, it’s only that she loves too much, cares too much. She was never an interfering brat, a showoff, condescending, or clueless to her own occasional tactless behavior. No, darling perfect Hermione was never any of those things. Excuse me while I barf. The Goddess Hermione Myth was also paired with the Court Jester Ron who didn’t have any real value to Harry or the story besides being the funny man. Ron wasn’t useful to the story as Harry’s best friend since Goddess Hermione is there to make sure Harry wants for nothing.

And Goddess Hermione is who's in the movies.