I’ve been having some problems with MOR Hermione, and chapter 42 amplifies them, with a side issue of what seems like very strange behavior from the other girls.
And just where did this whole ‘unanimously vote that Draco should drop Harry’ thing come from? Why would a bunch of girls (or anyone) unanimously vote for something so boring? When you have seen someone voluntarily have himself beaten to a pulp how could it be remotely exciting to see him float down a building in controlled circumstances when a girl had already done it voluntarily without preparation? That doesn’t sound remotely like the sort of things girls would suggest.
She seems like a bit of a monster, without concern for whether Harry’s apologies actually make sense. Is it plausible that she would have so little interest in fairness?
It does seem odd that in the past Harry has made sure that he doesn’t moddycoddle Hermione in the battles, realising that she would be insulted if he did and yet now acts in completely the opposite manner. And Hermione and even Draco don’t find it strange...
This could be a situation where nobody really likes the outcome, but (since it was obviously a very fair punishment) they all treated it with respect (wanting to signal that they liked it). So nobody suggested anything really exciting, figuring that nobody else would go along with it. (There’s a name for that fallacy of decision, where everybody votes for their second choice to be nice, since they think that it’s the first choice of everybody else.)
Or else, they each had a secret plan (to summon Harry to their arms).
And just where did this whole ‘unanimously vote that Draco should drop Harry’ thing come from? Why would a bunch of girls (or anyone) unanimously vote for something so boring? When you have seen someone voluntarily have himself beaten to a pulp how could it be remotely exciting to see him float down a building in controlled circumstances when a girl had already done it voluntarily without preparation? That doesn’t sound remotely like the sort of things girls would suggest.
It does seem odd that in the past Harry has made sure that he doesn’t moddycoddle Hermione in the battles, realising that she would be insulted if he did and yet now acts in completely the opposite manner. And Hermione and even Draco don’t find it strange...
This could be a situation where nobody really likes the outcome, but (since it was obviously a very fair punishment) they all treated it with respect (wanting to signal that they liked it). So nobody suggested anything really exciting, figuring that nobody else would go along with it. (There’s a name for that fallacy of decision, where everybody votes for their second choice to be nice, since they think that it’s the first choice of everybody else.)
Or else, they each had a secret plan (to summon Harry to their arms).