yeah you make a great point about how being a "moral saint" in the eyes of the public is often just another privilege manufactured for the rich and famous

i wonder if they even would have gone that way with her image if it wasn't for the harry potter character basically planting the seed in everyone's mind predisposing them to viewing her that way. like if Hermione had been a badass bitch she'd be viewed completely differently, and Emma would be a punk icon or something in order to make money