Eva is almost done with season 1 of The Flash

And I just realized something. Caitlin Snow is pretty much Hermione Granger, but with better hair, and a somewhat more level moral compass. Or maybe she's the person Hermione would have been if she didn't have to put up with those two idiots all the time.

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