Hermione is Umbridge

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 93011

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ericoppen" <technomad at i...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kia" <kiatrier at y...> wrote:
> > > 
> > If Pansy Parkinson or even Cho Chang had been responsible for 
> > "The Marietta Incident", we would have hated Pansy or Cho for it. 
> > Fandom would have them tarred and feathered. 
> 
> I don't know about that, myself.  People who tattle to authority 
are 
> seldom very popular (I rather imagine the atmosphere in Marietta's 
> dorm was...a little chilly for her...for quite a long time, spots 
or 
> no spots.  Considering what the Weasley twins could have come up 
> with, I could make a case that Marietta got off fairly easy---what 
> are a few more spots when you're a teenager?


Oh, yes, absolutely, Marietta got what she deserved, no doubt about 
that, IMO.  I was a little upset when Shacklebolt played with her 
memory, because that was adult doing things to a child, but even this 
action  was understandable, since this is war.

But I was not bothered  at the least about the counteppance Marietta 
got from her peers, because she betrayed them. It really does not 
matter to me who did that - Hermione or anybody else.


> She may be on the right side, but I for one would not want to be 
> standing between Hermione Granger and something she decided she 
> wanted badly enough.  She's no Umbridge (she's much too 
> compassionate) but she has a very ruthless, pragmatic streak about 
> what needs to be done.

I agree with you. Hermione was ruthless in OoP. I do think that JKR  
will let her be wrong, very very wrong in her predictions for once 
and very soon. She needs to fall and hurt and badly. She needs to 
larn this lesson. Still, I don't think she is in danger of becoming 
Umbridge, though.


Alla