McGonagall as Deputy Headmistress

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I'm starting a new thread to get this topic away from Snape, and to 
see if we can keep a discussion going about Minerva.

Let's look at Hogwarts.  We have a incredibly sarcastic, even some 
say, sadistic Potions Master.  And quite a few think that person and 
the Deputy get along just fine. We neither know, nor agree on, 
whether she knows just how mean he is.

For one year we had the goofy Lockhart as DADA.  I don't know about 
you, but I thought he was a little creepy.  Yet Harry was assigned 
detention with Lockhart for at least 4 hours, alone late at night. 
It was at Lockhart's request, but it was the Deputy who assigned it 
for an illegal use of a magic car.  What was she thinking?

She also assigned 4 first-year students to go into the Forbidden 
Forest in the middle of the night as detention for wandering around 
the castle at night.  Sort of fits the crime, but seems extreme.

So, what do we think of this stern-but-fair teacher?

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