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

[charme]

No: HPFGUIDX 120848


> Del replies:
> Let me re-quote the first episode, at the beginning of the meeting:
> "Cho had just smiled at him and sat down on Ron's right. Her friend,
> who had curly reddish-blonde hair, did not smile, but gave Harry a
> thoroughly mistrustful look which plainly told him that, given her
> way, she would not be here at all".
>
> Notice the "given her way". Marrietta would not have been here if Cho
> hadn't insisted, even Harry realises that. Moreover, as I already
> said, when she accepted to come, Marrietta didn't know what the DA
> would *really* be about. She might not have been enthusiastic about a
> not-forbidden DADA practice group, but an illegal anti-Umbridge group
> was another matter entirely!
>
>

charme:

Cho insisted, so Marietta just blindly followed?  If I take your post above 
and your quotes from the beginning of the meeting, this leads me to believe 
that Marietta had some sense what the group was about prior, had doubts 
about it prior, and *went anyway to follow Cho's lead.* If I play devil's 
advocate the way you are Del, why would a teenager go against her inner 
voice which said "don't do this, bad idea?" Marietta had a choice and she 
chose to go, and chose to reveal the group.  If we go back to DD's statement 
in CoS it's all about the choices we make, isn't it?  And the substance or 
basis of the septology JKR's created has to do with making the right choice, 
not the easy one, correct?  If we go along those lines the logical right 
choice would have been for Marietta to say no to Cho and not go at all. 
Hence avoiding the outcome and depriving us of the the story, and this 
discussion. :)

Hermoine's charm on the contract symbolizes  (note I say symbolizes - I am 
not arguing moralities with anyone as I feel that is inappropriate, too 
personal and only results in flame wars on this messageboard.) to me the 
uncontrollable consequences of the choices we make: for every action there 
is an equal and opposite reaction, even if we don't know what the reaction 
will be or where the downstream effect will reach and if the reaction is 
just or unjust.

charme