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Mini Rant
So I'm reading, which is shocking. And I've seen this countless times (countless only because I can't remember the details, of course), but I'm only now getting a bit miffed by the situation.

Ron and Hermione are heroes, you see. And for what? Why, naturally, because they used to be the best friends of the Boy Who Betrayed. And I said to myself today, "Self, why is this seen as having anything resembling logic?" And myself was mystified. Granted, we tend to usually shrug this sort of thing off, but I've seen it too often now.

They're heroes because they stayed 'pure'? They... stood up to the evil that is Harry? The usual sort of slant is that Harry ends up in Azkaban and these two immediately solicit interviews so they can do a tell all on Teh Evul and how horrifyingly scary it all way, and how they tried, oh how they tried, to make him see reason....

You know, to me that sounds like stupidity. Or, as one paraphrased saying goes, "Optimism is repeating the same actions over and over again hoping for a different result." And I am not much of an optimist.

But they were selfless! They had his best interests at heart! They tried to sway his path to the light (or keep it there). Any self respecting Slytherin or Ravenclaw should be scoffing at the stupidity, and any Hufflepuff ought to be shocked at the sheer lack of loyalty. And of course, the Gryffindors eat this right up.

(And for the love of bonsai kittens, people, could you please get a clue and stop using Parseltongue and parselmouth interchangeably?)

Personally, if the wizarding public had any sense (*snorts*) they'd have imprisoned Ron and Hermione, as well. I mean, if they were that close....

But no, they've been concerned, casting those strange looks at Harry, and people notice, and the rumors start....

I dunno. I just think the idea of those two somehow being cast in the role of heroes under these circumstances is essentially saying (as if the general reaction of the public to the usual slander in the Daily Prophet didn't make this clear by now) that wizards are sheep and are all better off dead anyway.

That's the crux, in a way, and I suppose it's not much different from reality. If leaders don't do things that crush a man's pocket, what do they care? There's a saying about this... connected to WWII, I believe.