OOP: Something that disturbed me

[marinafrants]

No: HPFGUIDX 64854

Okay, here's something I haven't seen brought up yet: am I the only 
one who was disturbed by the way Kingsley just blithely rewrote 
Marietta's memory in "The Centaur and the Sneak" chapter?  Maybe 
it's just my personal squick, because I firmly believe that messing 
with a person's mind is the worst thing you can do with them, worse 
than killing or torturing them.  I know Marietta is a vile little 
sneak who thoroughly deserved Hermione's jinx.  I know it wss an 
emergency, and there were nearly thrity kids besides Harry who had 
to be protected and all that.  But that image of Marietta with her 
eyes all blank and glassy, shaking her head when she should've been 
nodding, really creeped me out.  At first, I thought Kingsley had 
cast Imperio on her, but the memory modification is just as bad, 
IMO.  I think I might've been okay with it if, afterwards, 
Dumbledore had at least expressed some regret at the necessity of 
having to do such a horrible thing.  But he just seemed pleased with 
Kingsley's cleverness.

Marina
rusalka at ix.netcom.com