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in reply to a message by glassmidnight
It might yet be the same here... but I'm going to cling to it, cling I say!
I do agree that as fictional characters go, you can go a lot worse than Hermione Granger. She is a smart girl, and I'm terribly critical of my fellow females who don't have the brains to go with the outfit, so I can't say I hate Hermione as a character. I just never got the whole black and white moral compass of the books and as I grew older, cracks grew in the narrative for me. I guess it's because when they first came out, I was young enough to love and understand them - and then I grew up with each successive publication, and as my world view and maturity and bitterness blossomed, I became more critical of the books. I think it's pretty common with people who read HP1 when they were, like me, a similar age to it's protagonist and therefore the target audience, and then grew up and entered the real world while the books' world didn't really reflect that. I think it counts me as among the early HP fans, but the also among the people who outgrew its idealism and found themselves befuddled by the new fans as well. So I do find myself pushed away by the hype... plus, I grew up in a Shakespeare-interest household, so I heard it growing up.
Hermione Ann is pretty, but a little simple and repeats sounds in its simplicity... but it is pretty. I also like the simple prettiness (and that's how I always describe it) and retro feel of Joy, so Hermione Joy is lovely too.
I do agree that as fictional characters go, you can go a lot worse than Hermione Granger. She is a smart girl, and I'm terribly critical of my fellow females who don't have the brains to go with the outfit, so I can't say I hate Hermione as a character. I just never got the whole black and white moral compass of the books and as I grew older, cracks grew in the narrative for me. I guess it's because when they first came out, I was young enough to love and understand them - and then I grew up with each successive publication, and as my world view and maturity and bitterness blossomed, I became more critical of the books. I think it's pretty common with people who read HP1 when they were, like me, a similar age to it's protagonist and therefore the target audience, and then grew up and entered the real world while the books' world didn't really reflect that. I think it counts me as among the early HP fans, but the also among the people who outgrew its idealism and found themselves befuddled by the new fans as well. So I do find myself pushed away by the hype... plus, I grew up in a Shakespeare-interest household, so I heard it growing up.
Hermione Ann is pretty, but a little simple and repeats sounds in its simplicity... but it is pretty. I also like the simple prettiness (and that's how I always describe it) and retro feel of Joy, so Hermione Joy is lovely too.
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