More HP questions.

[conuly]

In GoF, two out of four contestents use the BubbleHead Charm to breathe underwater. That's 50%. We can assume from this that it's not completely obscure. And in the next book, virtually everybody used the charm because the halls stunk. While it can be argued that the use of this charm last year popularized it (meaning that some of these people didn't know about it the year before), it's fair to say it's an easy charm if the whole school can accomplish it.

Why didn't Hermione suggest it to Harry? Truly it has been said that Hermione is JKR's Mary Sue. She's the Wesley Crusher of the wizarding world. She knows everything. And she didn't know about a simple, probably-not-very-obscure spell that lets one breathe underwater? What?

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[jedirita.livejournal.com]

...because she was raised a muggle, so she'd never read the Wizard Johnny Quest comics where they routinely used bubblehead charms? And bubblehead charms are such common knowledge that they don't appear in the reference books? Or she was thinking too hard about it, and so missed the obvious?

I'm just grasping at straws here. Though I think the last reason is pretty plausible. Even smart people can be stupid sometimes.

[conuly]

But none of those apply to Queen Hermione, always-right. Do they?

Hermione can make mistakes

[staircase-wit.livejournal.com]

JK Rowling, however, never does so.