I happen to adore Hermione, mostly because she reminds me of me a lot. So when I see Hermione being portrayed as too shrill and overbearing or worse, as merely the boys fact-checker, it is very upsetting. I love your Hermione with all of her eccentricities. And it helps that she gets Blaise... because that always makes me all warm and fuzzy inside.

I have this vision of Hermione and McKay meeting and the resulting explosion. I haven't decided yet who would be the victor, but the explosion is exciting enough to think about. I think Zelenka would probably adopt Hermione who would regularly tussle for lab domination.