Question: What was so obvious about the story about Hermione was making up to Borgin?
Greg Dwyer
15th Jan 2018
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
18th Jul 2017
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Question: Why does Hermione seem annoyed when she finds out that Harry told Slughorn she is the best in the year? Or am I wrong?
Chosen answer: She isn't annoyed. She's slightly embarrassed at the attention.
11th Jul 2016
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Question: Why did Snape put Crabbe and Goyle in detention simply for failing their defense against the dark arts OWL? I thought Snape favoured his own house (Slytherin) before all others.
Chosen answer: Because them failing their OWLs embarrasses him as their head of house.
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Answer: Aside from the fact that Hermione is obviously a terrible liar and her dialogue is suspiciously inquisitive for someone who often buys and sells dark artifacts, wizards can use Legilimency to determine if someone is lying.
Greg Dwyer
Legilimency is a rare talent among wizards- only Snape and Voldemort are known to have practiced it openly in the books. It is more likely that Hermoine has no idea how to act like a bad person, let alone a Death Eater.
Bellatrix was using it. She apparently taught Occlumency to Draco - Snape guesses this during a conversation with Draco.