I realized why Quirrell gave Hermione a Dreadful grade, rather than just failing her. Recall from canon that there are three failing grades:
[passing grades] Poor Dreadful [redacted for explaining a joke]
[passing grades]
Poor
Dreadful
[redacted for explaining a joke]
But a Poor grade indicates that the student can repeat the course. Death is final, there are no do-overs.
Death is final
Tell that to Harry.
I know, I’m just explaining Quirrell’s reasoning in a world where death has not yet been defeated.
The scene certainly looks like evidence for my theory here, if we’re talking Doylist reasoning.
Could you rot13 it? I have not read canon and am unlikely to.
Ybjrfg tenqr vf “Gebyy”
I realized why Quirrell gave Hermione a Dreadful grade, rather than just failing her. Recall from canon that there are three failing grades:
But a Poor grade indicates that the student can repeat the course. Death is final, there are no do-overs.
Tell that to Harry.
I know, I’m just explaining Quirrell’s reasoning in a world where death has not yet been defeated.
The scene certainly looks like evidence for my theory here, if we’re talking Doylist reasoning.
Could you rot13 it? I have not read canon and am unlikely to.
Ybjrfg tenqr vf “Gebyy”