Marietta and the DA

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 121313


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ravenclaw001" <technomad at i...> 
wrote:
> 
> I've been following these threads about Marietta Edgecombe and the 
> DA, and I think it's time I put my two knuts' worth in.  
> 
> Firstly---having her join at all was an example of Hermione's 
biggest 
> weakness.    

Hickengruendler:

I disagree. Hermione took the whole situation very serious. For her, 
it was about learning to defend themselves (and rightfully so). Not 
to allow Marietta to join the DA just because she didn't enjoy the 
meeting could have been a decision between life and death. Imagine 
for example Marietta facing a Death Eater and not being prepared 
enough to fight for her life, because Hermione didn't allow her to 
join the DA. The situation was way to grave for Hermione to exclude 
the DA members who were doubtful from the following meetings. In 
dubio pro reo, especially in this situation. From your point of view, 
the first person to be excluded from the meetings must have been 
Zacharias Smith, and he didn't betray the DA.

I suspected Marietta to become a traitor from the very beginning. But 
only, because Zacharias Smith seemed to be a pretty obvious red-
herring, just like Snape in book 1 or Draco in book 2. Therefore I 
started to look for other possible candidates and very soon landed at 
Marietta. However, that's nothing Hermione could have known. After 
all, she doesn't read the books. And it's not that she can tell 
Marietta: You aren't allowed to join the group, because I don't like 
your face.