Memes of Production

That's fair. I also have a Hermione (I forget which year) Pop figure because I always liked the character.

I think it's funny that J.K. Rowling considers Hermione to be the self-insert character. She's a bit more like Draco or the Slytherin house and their leanings toward purebloods, with regards to her opinions on trans women.

I never liked how she did the Houses. Gryffindor good, Slytherin evil, and the other two don't matter. I never got that. How I would have done it, Harry would still be Gryffindor, Ron would be Hufflepuff, Hermione Ravenclaw, and Draco Slytherin, but they'd all be friends, with different goals, and would have to work together in various pairings/trios/all four of them to solve problems relating to each of the four Houses. She set up a good system but then sold it short. My character is basically a more ambitious Hermione, so she's a Ravenclaw. She's a bit naive at first, but her thirst for power makes her almost seem Slytherin, and she uses dark magic. But only on evil. Like all information is good to know, it's the application of it that determines the ethics and morality.

I don't much mind shade, I get plenty of it at work. I make some of my own shade, but I also make light, by the same token or analogy. Even if you were casting shade, that would be your choice. It's my choice whether I dwell in it or "shine". It's not a great example. We all throw a little shade at things we don't like and it's hard to avoid it sometimes. I just try to have fun, even if some of the people involved in that fun aren't such good people, if that makes any sense. The TL;DR is, "you're good."