Marietta and the DA.

[quigonginger]

No: HPFGUIDX 121456


Eggplant wrote: 
> 
> She (Hermione) didn't implement a ironclad procedure that would 
make betrayal 
> impossable because she couldn't think of one; I can't either, if I 
> could I'd be the head of the CIA. She did the best she could, she 
> put a hex on the parchment which if nothing else that at least 
> ensured nobody could betray them twice. 

Ginger:
Quite true.  Kind of like a restraining order.  It is supposed to 
keep you from harm by telling the person who wishes to harm you that 
it is not allowed.  Oooh, that'll work.  Once.  And as we saw with 
Merietta, once is plenty.

Personally, had it been me, I'd have somehow charmed the parchment so 
that when the bird sang, the score was tacit.

Follow me into my imagination:  Hermione charms the parchment so that 
when a person goes to tattle, they instead start quoting great works 
of literature.  Thus:

DU:  You wanted to see me, Marietta?
ME:  Yes, Professor, it's important.
DU:  Have a seat, Marietta.
ME:  I am Sam.
DU:  I thought you were Marietta.
ME:  Sam I am.
DU:  Well, then, Sam, go on.
ME:  Do you like green eggs and ham?

Several chapters later:

DU:  Not you again!  I don't care how important it is!  I do not like 
green eggs and ham, I do not like them, Sam I am!

Or something like that.  Marietta wouldn't have been able to tell, 
and DU would have issued another educational decree forbidding the 
recitation of Muggle literature, so Hermione would have known that 
someone had tried.

Eggplant continues:
And yet, many here say even 
> doing that was too much. When half the people say you're doing too 
> much and the other half say too little you're probably doing about 
> right.

Ginger:  Ah, the variety of the list.  Don't like an opinion?  Hang 
on a second and one will come your way that you do.  Or you can 
always write it yourself.

So, for the half that think Hermione did too much, we'll just have ME 
reciting Dr. S in front of DU, and for the rest of us, we'll have the 
charm also result in ME's eyes looking like green eggs and her mouth 
like a slice of green ham.  If we want to get nastier, we could learn 
that Crabbe and Goyle are attracted to a girl who combines food and 
Slyth colours, but this is getting out of hand, so we'll stop here.

Ginger, who thinks that Marietta got what she deserved if we have all 
the evidence, but as was the case of Percy, the eloquent Del has 
caused her to view the matter from the other side and continue to 
ponder.