Hermione’s kinda totally badass

All right, a few quick clarifications here:

On the righthand side is Emma Watson, the woman who’s played Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter series for pretty much ever.

On the lefthand side is Cameron Adams, the gay porn model who played Himmione Grainghim (gesundheit) in Dominic Ford’s gay-porn spoof Whorrey Potter and the Sorcerer’s Balls. Yeah, admittedly, not a large percentage of the budget went to naming things, but it’s still hot as hell.

And the kicker in all of this is that when Emma found out about it, she thought it was the coolest thing ever. And just like that, Hermione is now the coolest girl at Hogwarts.

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