I sometimes get the impression that I am the only person who reads MoR who actually thinks MoR!Hermione is more awesome than MoR!Quirrell.
Canon!Luna is more awesome than MoR!Hermione too.
However, a universe with MoR!Hermione in it is likely to be far more awesome than a universe with canon!Luna substituted in. MoR!Hermione is a heck of a lot more useful to have around for most purposes, including the protection of awesome things such as canon!Luna.
MoR!Quirrel certainly invokes “Fictional Awesomeness”. That thing that makes many (including myself) think “Well he’s just damn cool and I’m glad he exists in that fictional universe (which can’t have any direct effect on me)”. Like Darth Vader is way more awesome than Anakin Skywalker even though being a whiny brat is somewhat less dangerous than being a powerful, gratuitously evil Sith Lord. I personally distinguish this from the ‘actual awesomeness’ of the kind mentioned here. I’m not sure to what extent others consider the difference.
Canon!Luna is more awesome than MoR!Hermione too.
However, a universe with MoR!Hermione in it is likely to be far more awesome than a universe with canon!Luna substituted in. MoR!Hermione is a heck of a lot more useful to have around for most purposes, including the protection of awesome things such as canon!Luna.
MoR!Quirrel certainly invokes “Fictional Awesomeness”. That thing that makes many (including myself) think “Well he’s just damn cool and I’m glad he exists in that fictional universe (which can’t have any direct effect on me)”. Like Darth Vader is way more awesome than Anakin Skywalker even though being a whiny brat is somewhat less dangerous than being a powerful, gratuitously evil Sith Lord. I personally distinguish this from the ‘actual awesomeness’ of the kind mentioned here. I’m not sure to what extent others consider the difference.