[HPforGrownups] Re: Being Good and Evil ( Draco and a bit of Ron)/

[IreneMikhlin]

No: HPFGUIDX 154759

dumbledore11214 wrote:
> Alla:
>> Hermione  marked a traitor, Umbridge hurt an innocent. Lots of 
>> difference to  me.
>>
>> Julie:
>> Hermione marked a 15 YEAR OLD girl. Let's try not to forget that.
>> She's still a child. The more this incident gets discussed the more
>> I'm bothered by it. 

> Alla:
> 
> Just wanted to briefly comment that I have not noticed that being 
> fifteen diminishes the seriousness of other characters actions in 
> Potterverse. 

Oh, of course not. Never, ever. Unless your name is James. ;-))))

I don't care to count how many times the argument "We can't define a 
man's whole life by his one moment of stupidity when he was 15" came up. 
But it is a popular one, I think you would agree.

And yet people are perfectly happy to define Marietta's life by this one 
moment.

She signed for study group. Suddenly it turned into "how to take on 
Ministry employees" course. Yes, her crime of believing the official 
stance of her society and not subscribing immediately to Harry's cult 
following certainly merits disfigurement for life. Sure.

Now, sarcasm aside, I love Hermione, but she is becoming scary. I don't 
know if JKR intends to deal with it somehow or not, but the wizarding 
world is very lucky that Hermione is muggle-born.

Irene