[HPforGrownups] Marietta and Hermione (was JKR's Messages ) (was Re: Hermione In Trouble?)

[Shannon]

No: HPFGUIDX 120795

pippin_999 wrote:

> All Hermione accomplished with her tyrannical methods was to
> make an enemy of Cho, a powerful and influential young witch
> who might have been a  useful ally. I expect Hermione might be
> sorry for that one day.
>
I disagree. One very important thing she did accomplish with it was to 
uncover who wasn't loyal.  If Hermione hadn't hexed the parchment, 
Marietta would have told, they'd all have been expelled at the very 
least, and they'd never have known who did it.  This is important, 
because every person in that group would be suspect. Considering that 
this is a group that believed Harry and will probably be important in 
the fight against Voldemort, that kind of  mistrust could be fatal, and 
the difference between winning or losing the war.  If Hermione had hexed 
it but told them all what would happen if they ratted, all Marietta 
would have had to do would be to go to someone and say, "Something is 
going on, and I can't say what because Hermione Granger hexed the 
parchment we signed."    This would eventually surely have led to 
discovery, and again Marietta would be able to remain anonymous with the 
same repercussions as above, and also Hermione would probably have 
gotten into serious trouble, with Umbridge's influence,  beyond 
expulsion.  

As for Cho, I hope she is too smart to be Hermione's enemy. She may not 
like Hermione very much, but I think she'll figure out that more is at 
stake here than her wee crush on Harry and her misplaced indignation on 
behalf of Marietta. Which is, after all, her only real basis for 
disliking Hermione. If she can't get over that in the interest of 
defeating Voldemort, well then she'd probably be more of a liability 
than an asset, anyway.

Shannon