Marietta and the DA.

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 121336


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)
 
grindie: 
> The danger in telling Harry about the number of people attending 
> is that he may have backed out altogether.  In the beginning, he 
> was not thrilled about the idea and may not have gone through with 
> it at all if Hermione had acutally revealed the amount of people 
> interested.
 

SSSusan:
But doesn't he DESERVE that much??  I mean, he's being asked to head 
this group up, to teach them.  I maintain he had a right to know 
specifically what was being expected of him going in.  If he'd known 
there might be 25 people and he was uncomfortable with that, then I 
think he had a right to that discomfort.  

To me, it borders on trickery to have kept that information from 
him.  Sort of, "I know you might back out if you know how many might 
come, but since *I* know better what's best for you, I'll just keep 
that bit to myself."  There's a *reason* why Harry was furious with 
Hermione when these kids started streaming in, and I think that was 
it -- he felt cornered and misled by her.  


SSSusan earlier:
> >  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]
 
grindie: 
> Harry had to realize deep down that these people would be 
> interested in hearing about Voldie and Cedric, etc.  


SSSusan:
Sure, but if he didn't realize that some of these people who didn't 
know him well or at all were coming, how could he have been prepared 
for their demands for information?  If he thought it was just his 
buddies & a few Gryffindors, that's one thing; but to have Marietta 
and Zacharias Smith and Terry Boot and people he didn't even know 
show up and start challenging him?  I don't blame him for being 
pissed.  I don't think he WAS thinking he'd have to defend/prove 
himself to anyone.  I think he trusted Hermione to just bring along 
people who already believed his story.


grindie:
> Overall, I can't blame Hermione. She was the one that thought of 
> this idea, and as we all remember, the DA was the only thing that 
> kept Harry going for a while when things got really bad with 
> Umbridge.  Hermione means well and still was the only one of the 3 
> really thinking about some consequences for snitching.

SSSusan:
In the end it worked out that Harry really enjoyed teaching and the 
DA members learned a lot.  But if Hermione had kept the group small 
at the start 'til they figured out just what they were all about, 
would Marietta ever have found her way there?  Would knowledge of 
the DA ever have been betrayed?  Would DD have had to depart?

Siriusly Snapey Susan