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Im glad Hermione is back, if somewhat reluctantly. Harry has always valued her overall opinion. However the girl is utterly blind to the machinations of politics. How can someone so smart think that they would ever be a minister that would fight for "justice" and "do what is right" and rally think that everyone else would think it a great thing?! There will always be lobbyists, special interest groups and those that think power should be used to push "personal" agendas through. You can't change prejudice and small mindedness overnight and passing all the laws she believes should be passed is not only a flight of fancy but utterly delusions of grandeur. I've always said that some of the smartest people can be the densest people to the social niceties that once must play to actually get anything done. That is why Draco will actually be a good minister. He's very intelligent but he understands how most people react in certain situations so he won't put his foot in it just to be "right" but he also won't back down from a fight if it truly is right.

~~ Meechy

Yup. Tillipop is so screwed. He might have had a fraction of a chance without Hermione, now? Not a chance in hell.

Not a good thing to do, giving Hermione carte blanch to overrule major decisions. That's how she will see it. He gave his word to ask her about everything SHE thinks is something major. He , in Hermoines mind, put her in a position of power to have a right to be consulted. To have a right to change, overrule things. To decide what's important.
House elves, a topic of their school days and she is still hung up on it. Still hasn't talked to them and still is too stubborn and arrogant to see the truth about house elves needs. Her muggle upbringing ideas and her willful ignorance should be challanged and be brought down, so she can grow as a person and lern to see what' there not just what she wants there to be. Let Harry put her in charge of negogiations with another magical race. Someone with demands, a clear view of their selfworth and no compunction telling her her about their goals , morals, views and society rules. What for them is their truth they live by. Hermiones rigid thinking will get her in deep trouble. And it is her that has to make it right. The onlx way to get her from arrogant to humble, from selfrightous brat to intelligent adult.

Man oh man, I am surprised so many people are mad at Hermione. I like to think anyone with a lot of power needs a detractor. Aside from Ron and perhaps Malfoy, the people aligned with Harry are either going to push for him to use more darker methods when dealing with problems or are yes men/ass kissers. Hermione is going to be the shoulder angel to all that, keep him grounded and all that. Tell him when he is going to far and perhaps even suggest another means of payback that won't make him look bad. Harry has been wrong at times in this story and Hermione not being willing to compromise her morals does not make her some unforgivable hell bitch. And come on people, it is much MUCH better that she is working with Harry than against him. He might be a few steps short of a magical pseudo-god but Hermione is no slouch and even if she can't match him magically, her mind has always been her greatest weapon. Her accomplishments in canon speak for themselves. Her and Harry have reached a compromise and things are going to run much smoother now.

Did she make a mistake by leaving?
-yes

Is she an arrogant 'know it all" at times?
-yes........but she can back it up.

Should she have had more faith in Harry?
-Yes

Should she be demonized for it?
-Hell no

Harry does need her.

She might not be politically savy and can be naive on some matters, but aside from all that, is STILL the smartest motherfucking witch of her age. You know that saying "the smartest person in the room"? Yeah, when it comes to Hermione, no matter what room she walks into, she is gonna be that person.

If the people who like this story can forgive Draco all his mistakes and flaws then I think they should be able to give Hermione a pass for making some very human mistakes. I've said it before but Harry would have been dead 100 times over and probably would not have made it to his 4th year if it wasn't for Hermione.

-waits patiently for next chapter-

Ch. 8

about #9..

1. One day I'll reread #8 and remember what brought that to mind about foreboding..right now
too tired to do it.

2. You know reading this chapter I had the sudden desire to walk past Hermione and push her off
a balcony, seriously. Is she under a spell??? Anyway, hope Harry made some type of leeway with
her. You know for the brightest witch, she sure is acting stupid.

Ah and thus reconciliation can begin. One of the main things I loved about the Harry potter books was the friendship between Harry and Hermione. Now the whole Trio's friendship is beautiful, but I have always felt that these two in particular share a special bond.

.Who makes sure he keeps up on his studies and always makes time to help him out?

-Hermione

.When quite literally everyone, even Ron thought Harry had cheated to enter the tournament,What did Hermione do when she confronted him?

Taken from the lovely people at tv tropes.org-

" After being named the Fourth Champion, nearly everyone — including Ron, Harry's best friend — believed that Harry had somehow found a way to sneak into the tournament, just to gain fame. However, the next morning, before demanding answers from Harry or even mentioning the whole fiasco, Hermione brought Harry a piece of toast, knowing he didn't want to eat in the Great Hall with all the attention he was getting, and asked him if he wanted to go for a walk. Harry later told her everything that happened and "to his immense relief, Hermione accepted his story without question," as quoted from the book."

There is much more I can mention but that would fill up quite a few pages. Now don't get me wrong, I adore Ron as much as the next fan, but Hermione throughout all of the books has shown an absolute loyalty to Harry and stuck by him even when shit seemed hopeless and while the locket may have contributed to Ron leaving, Hermione wore that thing too and managed to keep her shit together.

This talk has needed to happen. Both need to get their feelings and whats been happening out in the open and set some boundaries if things are going to work with them. Find a common middle ground. I may not be a big fan of a Malfoy, but anything is better than Tillipop as a minister. That guy has fallen into the "too dumb to live" category. I mean he should have literally a million different things that could fuck up Draco's campaign, but he sticks with the Harry thing? Hell he could have even tried to sway Hermione to his side when she was still intending on opposing Harry and by association, Draco. With her mind and what she knows about Draco and Harry at his side, he might have had a chance at getting more public support and winning. Hermione should still be quite loved by the people although a few hours with Tillipop and she might have blown her own head off. Draco was right when he said that Tillipop was a puppet, not a politician. He made all of the wrong moves and didn't even try to get some powerful allies, who may have actually joined him if simply just to oppose Malfoy out of spite.

Also, to backtrack a bit and give a few words on what I thought of the previous chapter that I didn't get around to reviewing. I was very surprised that Hermione was more concerned about what her pseudo-brother was getting up to than a man she has virtually every reason to despise running for minister. For a moment I thought she was going to accuse Draco of influencing Harry but instead she was CONCERNED for Draco's well being!?!?!?!? It would have made for some good mama bear drama to see her threaten Draco with the whole "if you ever hurt him schtick" but I enjoy how the talk went. Odd to see Draco get one up on the brightest witch of her age but I suppose even Genius's have some blind spots that can be exploited. Although Voldemort would disagree about that whole “Malfoys are never helpless” line. If memory serves, they were his, for lack of a better term "bitches" for some time after they fell out of favor.

-waits patiently for the next chapter-

Tillipop is truly a stupid, stupid man! I can't wait until he finds out what Harry was really doing at Gringotts and whether the goblins have sided with him. Hermione may be coming back to the fold, but she needs to et rid of her own misconceptions and prejudices. It's always amazing when someone fights for the freedoms of others while suppressing someone else's! Now Draco owes Harry some relief and fulfillment. Hopefully that will be cumming sooner rather later!

~~ Meechy

about #8..

Why did it feel like a lot of foreboding here?

Tillipop just screwed himself over royally. I'm glad Hermione is coming back to her senses.