Marietta and the DA- Hermione's Mistake

[eggplant9998]

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"pippin_999"

> There are supposed to be around a 
> thousand students at Hogwarts, and 
> only 28 or so were in the DA. Are 
> you saying everyone else was a coward or an Umbridge toady?

Yes, if they knew about the meeting and refused to come.

> And if Marietta was an Umbridge toady or
> a coward, why didn't she inform on the
> DA for six months? 

Only Marietta knows why she took that last step, but I don't think 
it's important why she chose to become a traitor, the important 
thing is that she is one.

> She only said that "if [Umbridge] 
> proceeded to a secret room on 
the seventh floor, sometimes known
> as the Room of Requirement, [she] 
> would find out something to [her] advantage." 

She ONLY said that?! She just told her everything she needed to 
know, from that point it's easy, Umbridge can learn the rest on her 
own.

> I doubt that Marietta wanted to get
> her friends in trouble.

If  Marietta didn't know that would get her "friends" in trouble 
then she shouldn't be at Hogwarts, she should be in a special school 
for the mentally challenged. 

> if it weren't for Hermione's hex, Umbridge 
> might have wasted a lot 
> more time trying to get Marietta to talk,
> and the DA might have escaped. 

So much for the argument that Hermione was mean to make the curse so 
strong.

> Marietta's mother was policing the 
> floo network for Umbridge, 
> which made Marietta a security risk
> whatever her own views. 

Hermione probably felt it was unfair to judge somebody by their 
family. Do you judge Harry by the Dursleys?

Eggplant