The Sneak Mark (was "Slytherin" Hermione?)

[Jennifer]

No: HPFGUIDX 112770

> HunterGreen:
> But she was acting on an internalized sense of values, just a 
> different set of values than Hermione. That's the thing with 
> values, everyone has different ones. Especially in this case, 
> where to obey or disobey authority is so subjective, varying 
> from person to person, mostly based on the experiences they've 
> had, and (as evidenced by Seamus and Neville) their family.


Huntergreen- You made some pretty good points in my opinion. What are 
Hermione's motivations for doing all this though? (I actually want to 
know that, it's not a rhetorical question). But getting back to the 
point I think yes it was unfair to not give them proper warning of 
the parchment they were signing or even simply stating that if they 
have doubts they should leave right away, I don't think she hammered 
home the point enough or just didn't want to. I still don't excuse 
anything Marietta did though but I think the point you made of her 
doing what she thought was right then was actually pretty important. 
She would have gone of her own accord because nobody could have 
pressured her (no one else knew) and Umbridge would have no reason to 
think to use her against Harry. I guess you could argue she was 
standing up to Cho as well. But clearly she was looking out for her 
best interests and it came back and bit her on the ass, I don't 
actually feel any pity for her whatsoever but I am by no means saying 
she deserves to be walking around weeks on like that. She had every 
opportunity to leave or not to join and she didn't, her choices and 
the outcome are of her own doing. 

I have a hard time believing that any of the teachers would have 
allowed her to walk around with SNEAK on her face on purpose, I don't 
think, even as a lesson, they would do that. Maybe it's supposed to 
illustrate just how accomplished Hermione is! She's clever enough to 
know to use the things Voldemort teaches as blue prints (like the 
coins) to their advantage. But also the sorting hat didn't think to 
put her in Slytherin, wasn't the other house Ravenclaw?

"Jennifer"