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

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 121160


Carol earlier:
> > One more point in support of Del. Harry refuses to explain, either
to Cho alone or to the DA, how Cedric died. <snip>
> > There's only the half-truth, stated by Harry and echoed by
Dumbledore, that Voldemort murdered Cedric. Bodiless Vapormort, whom
the DA members may or may not know was formerly inside Quirrell's
head, murdered a TWT champion? The DA members don't know that Wormtail
resurrected Voldemort, much less that Babymort ordered Wormtail to
"kill the spare." <snip>
Marcela responded:
 
Only that you and Del forget about the Quibbler interview on 
> Valentine's Day.  By then, Harry was able to talk about what 
> happened when Voldemort came back.
> Perhaps Jo's intent was to show us that Harry was not 'ready' yet to 
> give explanations, and that if they wanted to believe him and DD, it 
> was fine with him, but he also stated that those whom were not 
> satisfied with DD's word were welcomed to leave the Hogs Head 
> meeting. None left.
> Just trying to put things into perspective here.  BTW, Marietta must 
> have had a chance to read the Quibbler interview, since Cho knew 
> about it, she was very proud of Harry's courage to 'open-up' in 
> public. 
> 
 

Carol again:
I have a feeling that Harry named the Death Eaters in Voldemort's
circle but he apparently didn't tell Rita Skeeter "everything,"
as OoP implies. I don't think he revealed the truth about Peter
Pettigrew, for example. Not only does Luna still think that Sirius
Black is Stubby Boardman, as she would not if Harry had revealed the
truth about Wormtail's identity and history, but he apparently hasn't
even told Rita or anyone else about Wormtail having murdered Cedric on
Voldemort's orders. If he had told the full truth, he would not still
be unwilling to talk to the DA about Cedric's death or answer
Zacharias Smith's questions about how he died. (Zacharias doesn't
refer to the article, only to DD's words at the end of last year.)

Which leads me to wonder--did the article mention Wormtail's role at
all? Did it mention Babymort and his transformation through a potion
and incantation into the full-fledged Voldemort? Did it even mention
the TWT cup that had been turned into a portkey and the role played by
the now "demented" Barty Crouch Jr.?

What exactly *did* it reveal other than the names of the Death Eaters
who were present? Not much, apparently.

Notice also that the DA students know very little about Harry's
activities in previous years. And if we look at DD's end-of-the-year
speeches, which usually end in awarding Harry points without any
detailed explanation, we can see that they in fact know very little.
I'm not sure that anyone besides the Gryffindors even knows that
Voldemort was in the back of Quirrell's head or that the memory of Tom
Riddle, a manifestation of Voldemort, was responsible for the
basilisk. In fact, they're just now learning that Harry killed a
basilisk in second year.

One additional point. Just reading the Quibbler article didn't
convince more than half of the readers who wrote to Harry that he was
telling the truth. The same was undoubtedly true for the students at
Hogwarts. (Consider the reputation of the Quibbler and the kinds of
articles it generally publishes.) Only a few students publicly stood
up and indicated that they believed Harry, and one of them was "Loony"
Lovegood. I'm betting that half the students still believed the Daily
Prophet over the Quibbler, if only because the Prophet's version of
events seemed so much more plausible. And Marietta Edgecombe would
certainly have been one of those students.

Carol, who wishes that JKR had printed the Quibbler article