User blog comment:BeastMan14/DFederal Homeless Initiative: Hermione Granger (Harry Potter) vs Sabrina Spellman (The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina)/@comment-3189283-20200109122521

Let’s see shall we Both Hermione and Sabrina share several spells which function in similar ways; Both have spells that can be used for protection, spells that can be used to effect a person’s memory and spells which can be used to trap someone. However Hermione’s spells seem to be much quicker to use specifically in the case of immobilising an enemy; while Sabrina has to carve a symbol into an area Hermione can simply use a body-bind curse or one of her many incapacitating spells such as the Stunning Spell and Impediment Jinx. When it comes to spells unique to the individual I also feel that Hermione has the better options. Transfiguration is a more versatile version and useful version of Sabrina’s Illusions and spells like the Blasting Curse and Stinging Curse allow her to knock Sabrina around in a similar fashion to her telekinesis. She can also apperate around the battlefield making it hard for Sabrina to actually hit her with some of her own magic.

Sabrina’s own unique magical abilities are not all that useful for a battle, Astral Projection just leaves her vulnerable, exorcising won’t have any effect on Hermione and her Atomikinesis is too unpredictable as she doesn’t really know how to use it. Her only really solid ability is Hellfire which is a strong spell no doubt but it’s one spell as opposed to the half a dozen Hermione has that are useful. One area Sabrina does have a big advantage however is in the form of her familiar Salem who can distract Hermione from attacking her directly, giving her a bit more breathing space and time to think up a plan.

Moving away from the magic and onto the individuals itself and it becomes clear that Hermione is a level above Sabrina. She’s a more experienced fighter, having been in numerous duels and fought in a wizarding war and while Sabrina has faced some tough opponents as well she’s not really faced any other witches whereas the bulk of Hermione’s experience is against other witches and wizards. Both are very intelligent but in different ways; Hermione is very knowledgeable in magic and has a aptitude for deciding which spells to use in a fight whereas Sabrina is much more experimental and tries to push the boundaries of what her magic can do. Sabrina however is obsessed with going against the grain and she is likely to discard something effective in favour of a more wild and creative option which could potentially backfire.

Hermione may be a stickler for the rules but that is actually a good thing here as she’s not going to waste her time on things that may or may not work she’s just going to go with the straightforward but effective option every time and considering the options she has are pretty powerful that’s not a bad thing. She has the more effective magic, the intelligence to know how to use them and the greater experience in wizarding duels to tie it all together.

Hermione Granger: 4,000

Sabrina Spellman : 1,000