"it appears there’s something wrong with the emotional receptive features- it’s completely pants at anything that isn’t textbook."
that was quite likely the best bit in this story. Overall, it was very good- you appear to be good at doing character sketches, keep it up. I also like how you fed off what other people [and certainly I] see as something miniscule- the fact that nobody every calls Hermione anything other than 'brilliant' or 'amazing' in the books. Well done!
I have added you to my favourite authors list. : D