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

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No: HPFGUIDX 120936


SSSusan again:
> I have mixed feelings about the jinx.  I think that, as some have 
> pointed out, wartime *does* lead to more drastic measures.  And I 
> know that Del is arguing it wasn't war, but I don't tend to 
> agree.  
> 
> For *THESE* kids, there was knowledge of Voldy's return, and 
> Cedric had been killed.  THESE kids were recruiting other kids, 
> sharing the information & knowledge they possessed, and they were 
> calling themselves Dumbledore's *ARMY*.  To me, the implication is 
> clear that they believed they were preparing for their role in 
> war.  Most of the kids being recruited needed more information to 
> be sure of that, but it really is what the group was about, and 
> that should have been clear by the end of the Hog's Head meeting.  
 

SSSusan, amending her own post. :-|

Okay, proving once again that it's a pain in the butt when a thread 
goes off under several subthreads (you *think* you've followed 
things through only to find you haven't), I've now seen Carol's post 
#120885, which has convinced me that it wouldn't necessarily be 
nearly as obvious as I implied it would have been to the not-close-
to-Harry crowd of kids at HH just how serious things were.

I still have mixed feelings about the whole thing, and I still 
believe that a core group of the Gyrffindors present *did* believe 
it was really war they were preparing for, but I do allow that for 
fence-sitters and "outsiders," things wouldn't exactly have been 
crystal clear.  

So they should've walked if they weren't sure.  And maybe, just 
maybe, Hermione should've explained that there were some "unpleasant 
consequences" in store for anyone who signed and then broke the 
contract.  She did say they would be agreeing not to tell, but she 
didn't hint at any kind of consequence.  Having done so, even 
without specifics, might have helped to ensure that that DA didn't 
end up with people who were only half-heartedly there, something 
desperately important in war-time.  

Siriusly Snapey Susan