_{‘ sometimes in potions, ms. granger, one needs to forget about the directions given in textbooks. ’    the advice begins with a sigh as if the girl somehow managed to talk her professor to exhaustion.  hermione is a good student, brilliant, really   —-   something he’d never dare to admit out loud   —-   but her taste for the rules  ( when it comes to experiments.  merlin’s beard, if only she & her friends would keep the same posture for everything else…  the whole hogwarts staff would have a much easier life )  often keeps her from growing.    ‘ that is, in order to achieve excellence.   mediocre students of this art would rather not risk anything.   what is it that you are afraid of ? ’      /  @hermaeth ♡         isolation by joy division}