It’s hard to get past him saying she’s from USA. I know it’s just a turn of phrase and I have no particular affinity for it being UK but the setting was very prominent in the stories so you really need to get the country right. I mean fine, no one outside the British Isles really understands the overlapping grouping names there, but this is an entire ocean off
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While it was likely just figurative speech, I will pedantically mention that if "Muggletown, USA" existed, it would likely be named "No-Maj-town, USA".
I would encourage you to have goodwill and assume that when he spoke about Hermione being from the US, he wasn't referring to her actual origin, but rather emphasising that she had a normal background similar to his students in the US. This is how I interpreted it.
It is still so strange how much more wholesome Lemmy is than Reddit. It’s been several months and maybe I can’t get Reddit entirely out of my head
Where is he getting the idea that Ron resents Hermione? They bicker with each other, for sure, but I always felt that that came from a place of love, not resentment.
Also, while Hermione may be more skilled at magic academically, there are many examples of Ron knowing more about the magical world and magical culture. Sadly, many of these moments were cut from the films, or reassigned to Hermione.