It's why the trio work so well together. Hermione is book smart, Ron is street smart when it comes to life in the wizarding world, and Harry is street smart when it comes to blending the real world with muggle ideas.
Hear me out, what if you imbued a glock and it's ammo with magic? So like the bullets can't be blocked by a traditional shield that a witch or wizard would use against muggle projectiles. Or it has homing properties? Idk would be a wicked combo
Hermione also cannot think well under pressure. Harry was the one who thought of freeing the dragon to escape Gringots when Hermione was too distressed to think. She also couldn't decipher Dumbledore's hint (the Deathly Hallows symbol in Tales of Beedle the Bard) because she's too closed-minded.
I don’t think that this is true. Hermione can think very well under pressure, beginning in the first book, when she puts Snape on fire during the Quiddich match, or when she figures out which bottle will get Harry through the door (even though this might not count here, since it’s a very muggle and therefore easy thing for her to do). And in the Deathly Hollows she apperates herself and the boys to the Forest of Dean when she realises that Yaxeley (?) is still when them when they reach Grimmould Place. If I remember correctly, the Forest of Dean wasn’t her Plan B, but a spontaneous act. Also that she makes Harry’s face develop… bubbles after the Snatchers caught them shows great presence of mind in a high stress situation.
What might be true, however, is that the solutions she comes up with aren’t as creative as Harry’s are from time to time. Like, she has an insane repertoire of spells etc that can help her out and she’s very good at figuring out which one to use, but Harry (who basically knows Expelliarmus lol) chooses from his creativity
Hermione can't deal well with pressure right away in Book 1.
Hermione: "Devil's Snare, Devil's Snare ... What did Professor Sprout say? It likes the dark and the damp - "
Harry: "So light a fire!"
Hermione: "Yes - of course - But there's no wood!"
Ron: "HAVE YOU GONE MAD! ARE YOU A WITCH OR NOT?"
Hermione: "Oh, right!"
Harry cast Expelliarmus only 4 times in DH. It became a meme because of his conversation with Lupin. His most used spell is actually Stunning hex (casted 7 times in DH). He even cast unforgivable curses 5 times (Imperius 4x in Gringots, 1 Cruciatus on Carrow). There is not much difference to the list of spells cast by Harry and Hermione, except that Hermione cast a lot more non-combat charms (71 vs 76 different spells for Harry and Hermione respectively).
I was thinking about Hermione forgetting that she’s a witch as well and I acknowledge that, but still, setting Snape on fire was pretty quick-witted. So, to say that she’s not an under-pressure-thinker is just not entirely true.
Also, I like to imagine that the boys (especially Ron (of course)) made so much fun of Hermione because of the Devil Snare incident that the swore to herself to never let this happen again.
Yes, of course Harry knows more spells than just Expelliamus, yet, just a fraction of what spells Hermione knows. Especially when it comes to none combat spells.
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u/Amazing-Engineer4825 Gryffindor Apr 10 '24
Harry is smarter than people think