Being Good and Evil ( Draco and a bit of Ron)/

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 154763

Rebecca:
> I also think that even though her memory was modified, Cho could have told 
> her why she had them. God knows one can speculate that Umbridge wouldn't 
> have shut up about it to Marietta's mother, since they're both in the 
> Ministry and Umbridge seems to play dirty pool pretty well so there's 
> another avenue there for someone to tell her why she's afflicted.
> 
> Curious how Marietta still has the pimples (not pustules) so the jinx must 
> be wearing off in HBP - one would think since Marietta's mother works for 
> the Ministry, she would have taken her to St. Mungos. They cured Katie Bell, 
> so one would think a 15 year old's jinx wouldn't be something they couldn't 
> have handled.

Pippin:
Medically, pimples and pustules are the same thing, AFAIK. We can't tell
from that if Marietta's condition is improving. Saying that a fifteen year
old did it so St Mungo's should be able to fix it is underestimating youth
again. Hermione mentions at the beginning of HBP that there are old curses
which can't be removed, so she obviously knows about them.

Harry learned in Snape's class how unfair it is to be hated for things you
can't remember, for lessons you haven't had a chance to learn, and to
be punished as if you were a grownup for errors you made childishly,
in naive ignorance of the possible consequences.

Too bad Hermione hasn't applied those lessons to her own actions as yet. 
It was all very Snapish, I must say.

If Hermione was worried about a Pettigrew style betrayal, she would have
done better to explain her fears to the group. Then they would all be aware
of the dangers and they could all decide whether they wished to take the
risk and what might be done to lessen it. Instead she let the whole
'Dumbledore's Army' thing be treated as a joke, yet she secretly 
enchanted the parchment to deliver a very serious punishment to 
anyone who betrayed the group. Of *course* she'd use a curse she didn't
think  could be removed  -- the whole thing would be useless
if Umbridge could have the traitor cured immediately.

Pippin