CHAPTER 17 DISCUSSION:Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 97237

> Our Discussion leader (sorry, you didn't sign, so I'm embarrassed
> that I don't know who you are)  posted: [huge snip] 
> 
>  Another discussion question:
> > ~~Do you think Hermione's idea to jinx the parchment was a clever
> > safety measure or a low trick?  Or both?  What does it tell us 
> > about the nature of Hermione?~~
> 
> Sea Change responds:
> 
> I am wondering about how it could be a safety measure. It 
> would only work as one if the person told someone who was 
> not an authority figure, or who was but wouldn't care. This 
> is something of a risk, isn't it?  Alternatively, Hermione 
> could have also attached a warning spell that would have 
> alerted her (or even better, which caused the protean galleons 
> to emit a warning!) when and only when the 'S N E A K' spell 
> went off, but she didn't.  
> 
> To me, it is an expansion of Hermione's taste for vengeance, 
> which we saw before when she trapped Ms Skeeter.

Finwitch:
 
Well, maybe she hadn't read of a spell that'd alert her and the rest 
of the DA(or at least not one that'd be unnoticed by Umbridge). And, 
considering what happened between Wormtail, Sirius and Remus, I think 
it was a good idea to have SOME measure to know WHO was the telly-
tale if there was one!

And, once the rest of the DA members knew about her SNEAK-spell, 
they'd be less likely to let Umbridge know anything. (like Cho who 
may have been there just for Harry!)

But yes, Hermione does have an idea for revenge. (BTW, her house-elf 
business... Didn't their GoF visit to kitchen tell her that the house-
elves find most of her SPEW-ideas as insulting?) She also has a very 
tough time to admit she's wrong. (well, considering her failure-
boggart... She's been nearly killed by a Troll, petrified by a 
basilisk and she worries most about exams! Ron had it right, she sure 
needs to set her priorities straight!)

-- Finwitch