There were a bunch of things the characters pulled that were *so* not okay, and because they're our POV characters, I find fans of the series tend to whitewash it, which is so frustrating. You can love (and even like) a character without them needing to be perfect, so I don't understand the reluctance to admit to their flaws. (Ron treats Draco about as well as Draco treats him from the outset, the difference is Ron is our 'friend' and poor, so he gets the sympathy card... Right. Or Montague, or even Umbridge. Clip clop. And Hermione *laughs*. Just like she laughs at Molly's story about roofying Arthur... Yikes.)
I'm with Hermione on this one, I *still* do that, and I've left adolescence long behind me. lol Properly riled, I'll let something fly, and have to do a Hagrid afterwards. (I shouldna said that...) Yeah, she really isn't close to the others. I think sometimes that's lonely, but on the other hand, it's because she's who she is, and I think she wouldn't want to change that either. So if this is the consequence, in a very real way, she's cool with it.
The assault obviously wasn't great, but she's got the much bigger problem of 1) nothing happened (so why do you feel kind of like it did?) and 2) knowing *exactly* what Severus went through Monday night, and in retrospect having a pretty good idea how bad Friday was, too, which was obviously so much worse. At some point you start comparing in your own mind and thinking you have no right to complain. She needs to resolve that for herself first before she can begin to heal.
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I'm with Hermione on this one, I *still* do that, and I've left adolescence long behind me. lol Properly riled, I'll let something fly, and have to do a Hagrid afterwards. (I shouldna said that...) Yeah, she really isn't close to the others. I think sometimes that's lonely, but on the other hand, it's because she's who she is, and I think she wouldn't want to change that either. So if this is the consequence, in a very real way, she's cool with it.
The assault obviously wasn't great, but she's got the much bigger problem of 1) nothing happened (so why do you feel kind of like it did?) and 2) knowing *exactly* what Severus went through Monday night, and in retrospect having a pretty good idea how bad Friday was, too, which was obviously so much worse. At some point you start comparing in your own mind and thinking you have no right to complain. She needs to resolve that for herself first before she can begin to heal.