Cosplay Corner: Hermione Granger from Harry Potter

One of the beautiful things about great books, specifically pre-screen adaptation, is that they allow us enough room to comfortably insert ourselves into their world(s), especially when reality is often less accomodating. Very few places does this remain truer than in the massively successful Harry Potter series, and cosplayer Day of Khaleesi Cosplay’s interpretation of Hermione Granger speaks volumes to this effect: [quote_simple]”Hermione Granger means the world to me. The Harry Potter series in general means a lot, but learning to love Hermione was a big part of my growing up. She was a constantly-reading, didn’t-like-sports, know-it-all nerd girl, and sometimes that made her great and fun to be around and brave and smart! She had real things going on, and real feelings, and real flaws. Oh, and on top of all that, she had huge frizzy brown hair and brown eyes and (to my mind, reading the books) BROWN SKIN. Even when the movies came out and they revealed her casting, I couldn’t get that little brown girl out of my head. Hermione made me feel like it was okay to be me, and that being me made me magical.”[/quote_simple] Look, I know I am literally always talking about hair but DEAR LORD, Emma Watson move over! And there’s no doubt about it: she is magical. Although Day claims to have “barely-passable sewing skills,” her commitment to the entire execution of the character makes this cosplay especially believable. In fact, I’m not entirely convinced that this wasn’t J.K. Rowlin…