You gave her toy problems to challenge, children to fight, and then killed her off before she found something to protect or accomplished anything of note
That’s precisely it, well put.
I’m not very happy about this death because it’s not like Hermione the character couldn’t possibly go anywhere any more, or her relationship with Harry for that matter. All that getting invested in her, all that development and “self-actualisation”, and it ultimately ends in a “not your fault” for Harry? It may get extra points on LW for being “realistic” and allowed to happen, but I don’t care; as a story I find it, well, somewhat unfulfilling.
EDIT: actually, Hermione being a girl isn’t any part of what personally bothers me here (my feminist goggles are almost nonexistent). It’s the killing off of a promising character we were invested in before they achieved even a fraction of their potential.
That’s precisely it, well put.
I’m not very happy about this death because it’s not like Hermione the character couldn’t possibly go anywhere any more, or her relationship with Harry for that matter. All that getting invested in her, all that development and “self-actualisation”, and it ultimately ends in a “not your fault” for Harry? It may get extra points on LW for being “realistic” and allowed to happen, but I don’t care; as a story I find it, well, somewhat unfulfilling.
EDIT: actually, Hermione being a girl isn’t any part of what personally bothers me here (my feminist goggles are almost nonexistent). It’s the killing off of a promising character we were invested in before they achieved even a fraction of their potential.