Marietta and the DA.

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 121300



SSSusan wrote:
"So, IMO, if she'd been thinking clearly, she should have:  
1) been more forthcoming with Harry about the numbers likely to come 
(she'd said he would be surprised, but she'd not given him any 
indication of how many had expressed interest); 
2) been more forthcoming about what they were likely to talk about 
[*SHE* was the one who first brought up being prepared because Voldy 
was back, for instance]; 
3)*not* pushed so hard for everyone to sign, but have really stressed
that anyone with any hesitation should get out NOW. "

Del adds:
There's another reason I hold Hermione primarily responsible along
with Cho and Marrietta : she was the only one who had imagined that
there could be a traitor, but she didn't do anything to *prevent* a
betrayal.

Harry never imagined that a real betrayal could take place, even
though he didn't trust Zacharias too much at first. Ron did say that
someone must have talked when the decree came out a couple of days
after the meeting, but he was apparently satisfied with Hermione's
revelation of the hex and never gave it another thought.

But Hermione *had* given a lot of thought to the possibility of a
betrayal. That's the very reason she put the hex on the parchment,
after all. And yet she failed to take any *preventive* measure, not
even the most basic one : check on people you don't know and keep an
eye on whoever seems dodgy.

That's why I hold her partly responsible : because she knew there
could be a traitor, she had seriously envisioned that possibility, but
she didn't do anything to prevent it.

Del