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[averygoodun42]

Why does everyone assume that Hermione didn't get her parents' permission to modify their memories? WHY?

She's a logical gal. I suspect she comes by that honestly. It seems reasonable to think that she would have reasoned with her parents BEFORE pointing a wand at them.

Don'cha think?

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[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

And see, she could argue very well that if they weren't safe, she would worry about them, which would distract her possibly leading to a fatal mistake. That would make fleeing the best way to keep Hermione safe.

And yes, she has been known to make decisions for others, but she also learns from her mistakes. Her approach to the house-elf problem was a mistake, but she learned. She wasn't intent on freeing Kreacher, for example, but she did want to treat him kindly. She also learned to examine possible consequences a little more thoroughly after the whole Centaur/Umbridge affair. She probably would have forseen how damaging it would have been to her and her parents already strained relationship to hex them without asking first.

I reread the passage, and no, it's not implied one way or the other.

[ashfae.livejournal.com]

She probably would have forseen how damaging it would have been to her and her parents already strained relationship to hex them without asking first.

This is assuming that when they come back, they know they've been away and that their daughter's been fighting this huge mega war while they've been gone. If she can change their memories to forget they had a daughter at all, she can certainly change them so that they've forgotten that they forgot.

Also, there's not much evidence that they're aware of Voldemort and the like at all.

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

Also, there's not much evidence that they're aware of Voldemort and the like at all.

Except that coming into Hogwarts, Hermione knew who Harry was, having read all about him and You-Know-Who. And I can't believe that her parents wouldn't have read those books as well, just to get a grasp of what they were sending their daughter into. Especially when she writes or comes home telling them all about how she and the Harry Potter are now bestest friends.

And on that topic, I think that it would require an awful lot of mutual respect and trust for parents to send their kid off to a magic school as they did with Hermione. And inferring from Hermione's excitement at starting school, I'm guessing that they weren't openly opposed to it. Such negativity tends to rub off on children, even if it is only subliminal negativity.

Also, I did think about her altering their memory so they don't remember they were even gone, but they have a lot of exposure to the outside world. Their clients would be sure to say, "Oh, welcme back!" or some such. Enough small things that Hermione would be sure to miss would add up so that their suspicions might be aroused.

[ashfae.livejournal.com]

And I can't believe that her parents wouldn't have read those books as well, just to get a grasp of what they were sending their daughter into.

Mm, maybe. I don't think necessarily, though. Also I imagine it'd be hard for them to believe all of it.

I did think about her altering their memory so they don't remember they were even gone, but they have a lot of exposure to the outside world. Their clients would be sure to say, "Oh, welcme back!" or some such. Enough small things that Hermione would be sure to miss would add up so that their suspicions might be aroused.

I was more thinking so that they knew they'd been gone but had harmless reasons for it. Why shouldn't they take a year abroad while their daughter is safely away at school?