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

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> 
> Del replies:
> Agreed. But the question is : who was the traitor in Marrietta's 
> eyes? If she didn't believe Harry's conspiracy theories about LV 
> being back,wouldn't she also believe that Harry was the traitor 
to 
> the government, to his country and people?
> 
> 
> Alla:
> 
> Then my only advise to her will be to open her eyes and grow 
up.  Sorry for such categorical statement.
> 

Pippin:
Open her eyes to what? There was no independent evidence on 
which Marietta could base her decision. She's not a legilimens, 
who can tell when people are lying just by looking at them, and 
an honest answer to the question, "Has Harry Potter ever lied 
before?" would not be "No." Dumbledore believes Harry, but it's 
not like he's never been fooled before, either.

The way I see it, Marietta didn't have any choice but to be a
traitor. 
She would be a traitor in her mother's eyes if she went to the 
meetings, and a traitor in Cho's eyes if she didn't. A more 
grown-up, independent minded person might have been able to 
say to Cho, "Look, you're a great friend and I'd be sorry to lose 
you, and I wish I knew how to tell you that you aren't being a good 
friend by putting me in this position. I'm not the kind of person 
who can lie to my Mum and feel good about it. Sorry." But I know 
a lot of people who wouldn't have the nerve to say that, and some 
of them are a lot older than sixteen.

Hermione's hex wouldn't have stopped a real, fanatical Ministry 
supporter  from telling Umbridge everything-- if you became a 
spy to  save your country, would you let a case of acne stop you? 

 In any case, Hermione's stated aim was to make the traitor 
sorry, not stop them from betraying, and there again, a reluctant 
traitor would already be sorry, while a fanatical traitor wouldn't be 
sorry no matter what the curse did.

Maybe Machiavellian is a better word than tyrannical to describe 
Hermione's methods. But if those are the methods JKR 
approves, then why aren't the Slytherins the heroes of the 
books?

Pippin