A ponderance...

[rurounihime]

Anybody ever wonder what happened to all of Hermione's Muggle friends after she went to Hogwarts? I mean, she's an 11-year-old girl. She's not just friendless until she meets the wonder-duo, is she?

Hmm.

Comments

[ex-ms-katoni171.livejournal.com]

That doesn't mean all girls have that - I never did. If you have the misfortune to be female and different - be it prettier, smarter, unwilling to shut up and agree with the rest of the group for the sake of harmony, following your own interests instead of obsessing over boys, then you are going to be in for a very miserable time.

Maybe Hermione is like me. Maybe Hermione prefers to cry alone.

[rurounihime.livejournal.com]

I guess it would depend on the make-up of the rest of the group. I was lucky to have several "out-crowd" girlfriends in elementary school who didn't flip out over the usual stuff like the other girls in our class. But I can also remember a period where I made a lot of my friends angry in high school by telling them to shove it when they wheedled with me to let them copy homework or borrow test answers or whatever. You're very right: stepping away and being different has its downsides. But then you can also learn who your real friends are, so it has upsides too.