While it does come across as goofy and cartoon-ish I don't see how it's contrived or Rowling did it so Harry looked better.
The boggarts role is to transform into your biggest fears. But that doesn't mean that the fear Is a RATIONAL/LOGICAL one.
also the fact that the way to combat the Boggart is not through logic or common sense of rationalization- it's through laughter- turn it into something funny.
and contrary to Neville's fear of snape and subsequent dressing his Snape!boggart as his grandmother, Hermione likes McGonagall so I could totally can see her freeze up and not knowing how to properly repeal the boggart even if she Knew it wasn't really McGonagall.
plus, and this is me guessing, I think the reason why Hermione's boggart turned into McGonagall is because A. Hermione admires McGonagall (or seems like she does) and considering McGonagall is the one who argued with the Ministry for Hermione to have the time turner to be able to take all her extra-classes so there's that pressure...
additionally just because we know something isn't real doesn't mean we are not affected by it- like when we watch a horror/sad movie-- we know it's not real we know the stuff on the screen is not really happening but we still got scared/sad about it.
and finally we do know Hermione gets exam anxiety so I don't see it as out there and the panicked in her exam.
so yeah I personally don't see it as such a bad scene.
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Thoughts on the DADA exam
Date: 2013-08-21 08:14 pm (UTC)The boggarts role is to transform into your biggest fears. But that doesn't mean that the fear Is a RATIONAL/LOGICAL one.
also the fact that the way to combat the Boggart is not through logic or common sense of rationalization- it's through laughter- turn it into something funny.
and contrary to Neville's fear of snape and subsequent dressing his Snape!boggart as his grandmother, Hermione likes McGonagall so I could totally can see her freeze up and not knowing how to properly repeal the boggart even if she Knew it wasn't really McGonagall.
plus, and this is me guessing, I think the reason why Hermione's boggart turned into McGonagall is because A. Hermione admires McGonagall (or seems like she does) and considering McGonagall is the one who argued with the Ministry for Hermione to have the time turner to be able to take all her extra-classes so there's that pressure...
additionally just because we know something isn't real doesn't mean we are not affected by it- like when we watch a horror/sad movie-- we know it's not real we know the stuff on the screen is not really happening but we still got scared/sad about it.
and finally we do know Hermione gets exam anxiety so I don't see it as out there and the panicked in her exam.
so yeah I personally don't see it as such a bad scene.