small rant on DV Hermione
Aug. 29th, 2003 06:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Wow. Read Cassie's DV14 cookies and have been reading the comments ... I had no idea so many people loathed DV Hermione the way I do! It's such a wonderful feeling! I thought I was the only one who couldn't stand the bitch. Actually, DT Hermione in general makes me want to kick her until all the bones in my foot break. She's just so ridiculously perfect (and I mean in the sense that none of the characters except Ginny think she can do any wrong). Oh yes, Hermione could never be wrong.
Hermione is beautiful and smart and serene and has all three heroes in love with her. Puuuuuuke. The worst thing about it is that she's a complete hypocrite (my biggest pet peeve), and so far from deserving the pedestal both Harry and Draco put her on that it reflects poorly on them. Everything about her makes me roll my eyes. I had ceased hoping that Hermione would ever get her come uppance (and perhaps she still won't, not really), thinking that this was just Cassie's preferred characterization of her. It's surprising and gratifying to think that I was perhaps not giving Cassie enough credit.
However, I'm going to table that until I see the actual scene. Just because Rhysenn has exposed what I consider a truth about Hermione (her unbelievable, unending selfishness), doesn't mean that that's actually the conclusion that will come out of it. It's very possible that Hermione's status as She Who Can Do No Wrong will only be affirmed, with Rhysenn shown as being "wrong." Bleah.
Hermione is beautiful and smart and serene and has all three heroes in love with her. Puuuuuuke. The worst thing about it is that she's a complete hypocrite (my biggest pet peeve), and so far from deserving the pedestal both Harry and Draco put her on that it reflects poorly on them. Everything about her makes me roll my eyes. I had ceased hoping that Hermione would ever get her come uppance (and perhaps she still won't, not really), thinking that this was just Cassie's preferred characterization of her. It's surprising and gratifying to think that I was perhaps not giving Cassie enough credit.
However, I'm going to table that until I see the actual scene. Just because Rhysenn has exposed what I consider a truth about Hermione (her unbelievable, unending selfishness), doesn't mean that that's actually the conclusion that will come out of it. It's very possible that Hermione's status as She Who Can Do No Wrong will only be affirmed, with Rhysenn shown as being "wrong." Bleah.
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Re: Oh I've got your ranting right here, baby
Date: 2003-08-30 08:56 pm (UTC)This is also my biggest complaint with the 'ship. It's my biggest complaint with most 'ships I don't like -- when the two principal characters involved become totally different people. The integrity of their characters are sacrificed for the sake of the 'ship, because unless you make concessions and twist their characters around, the 'ship doesn't work.
That's what D/Hr is to me in the DT. And I think it does have a place in this discussion, because it goes back to the root of my dissatisfaction: Hermione's character.
I didn't always feel this way. I was fine with her in DD. I hated D/Hr on sight, the 'ship never, ever worked for me (I'm not pretending otherwise) but I still liked Hermione. I understood her confusion, and her desire to have Harry, the boy she'd been in love with for years. I wanted her to have him, because it broke my heart that he didn't love her back the way she wanted him to. I think she was written as being too physically beautiful, and not nearly annoying (to others) enough, but I could forgive it because she wasn't worshipped to the degree she is now.
The first time I began to dislike Hermione was in DS. I thought the "charmed to be in love with Draco" plot was ridiculous, and it felt like something being done for the sole reason of prolonging the D/Hr. To my mind, the D/Hr story was played out in DD, and never should have been touched on again in DV. DV belonged to H/Hr, D/G, and H/D (in whatever forms those relationships take). If DV has a weakness, to me, it's the continued presence of D/Hr. It weakens both Hermione and Draco (and not in a good way) and for me, drags the entire story down.
And DV is a good story. I don't think it deserves it.
However, I will say right now, that these are my feelings about a WIP that isn't yet complete. I don't know where Cassie's going. It could all have a purpose. Which is why I detest WIPs, and passionately hate that I'm addicted to one. *g*
Re: Oh I've got your ranting right here, baby
Date: 2003-08-31 12:55 pm (UTC)To my mind, the D/Hr story was played out in DD, and never should have been touched on again in DV. DV belonged to H/Hr, D/G, and H/D (in whatever forms those relationships take). If DV has a weakness, to me, it's the continued presence of D/Hr. It weakens both Hermione and Draco (and not in a good way) and for me, drags the entire story down.
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*claps* My thoughts exactly! I'm so sick of scenes suggesting D/Hr in DV now. They are over. *stomps D/Hr to death*
*waves D/G flag*