Top Ten Female Witches of All-time (real or imagined)
What fantasy author
can resist a witch that loves the library? Certainly not this one! For that
reason, and many more actually, Hermione Granger, Harry Potter’s female
sidekick, comes into my list of the Top Ten Witches of All-Time at number
seven.
The character
of Hermione, portrayed in the Harry Potter movie series by the lovely Emma
Watson, is more than just a sidekick. Her magick is as powerful as any witch on
this list, and without her unique and well studied magickal talents, Harry
Potter would have been up the proverbial crap creek without a paddle on more
than one occasion.
In a world
where female protagonists with super powers are much more common than
yesteryear, I certainly like Hermione better than Bella on Twilight. My
daughter might feel differently, but Hermione always had a purpose and that
purpose usually had more to do with righting wrongs than falling in love.
There, I said it…whew!
Another thing
that impresses me about Hermione is that she doesn’t have to be perfect. She
has doubts, fears and questions everything, but when push comes to shove, she
isn’t afraid to shove.
As I researched
this character I learned that she has a lot in common with her author and
creator, JK Rowling. It’s nothing unusual for an author to put tidbits of
themselves into their works, but if JK is anything like Hermione in real life,
then she must be as good a person as she is an author.
As the series
grows, so does the character of Hermione. Nothing more than a child in the
first Potter books, she is a fully grown young woman by the time it all ends. I
always kind of wished she and Harry Potter would fall in love, but Rowling
chose the third protagonist from the series, the ever loyal Ron Weasly to be
her love interest. Through all the bickering they slung at each other, a strange
chemistry developed between the two and by the epilogue of the final book, they
were married and had children. Perfect fairytale ending, right?
Beyond her
magickal abilities, I think the things that make Hermione so charming are her intellect
and her loyalty. Never one to back down from a challenge, her response to the
antagonists in the series, such as the ever frowning Malfoy, was to get revenge
by outsmarting the bad guys. And she did quite a good job of that!
Though some might
have seen Hermione as standoffish, I felt relatively the opposite. Being a book
worm and someone who did outstandingly well in class, I can relate to her
character, even though she is meant to be a geeky female heroine. There is far
more to Hermione than that. Seemingly always the first to master new lessons
and spells, who else would Harry Potter call upon when he was in a bind against
the formidable antagonists he had to face? I am sure Harry would have Hermione
a bit higher on the list, but I think she is perfect here at number four. Do
you agree?
What this says
for the final four witches on my list is that they are amazing! I can’t wait
to reveal them to you! Stay tuned!!!
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