JKR's Messages (was Re: Hermione In Trouble?)

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 120731


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214" 
<dumbledore11214 at y...> wrote:
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> Alla:

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> What I am not sure if I am OK with or not is that 
> Hermione did not WARN the group what is going to happen to someone 
> who will betray them.
 
Hickengruendler:

I think there are two reasons why Hermione did not tell anybody:

1.) She wanted to see which DA members were truly loyal. It's one 
thing to keep quiet about the group because you are loyal, it's 
another one to do it because you are scared. This way it was the DA 
member's own decision if they tell Umbridge or if they keep quiet. If 
Hermione had told them about the hex, than they surely wouldn't have 
said anything, but it would have been because they were forced to do 
it, not because of their own decisions.

2.) The loyal DA members might have felt offended, if they knew about 
the hex, and the group might not have become as close as they did.

I can understand why Hermione didn't say anything, I have more 
problems with the hex itself. Especially that it was still on 
Marietta's face months later.

Hickengruendler