Evil Hermione

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No: HPFGUIDX 154859

> Magpie:
> The operative word here being "imagine" because all this stuff 
about her 
> being in a secret underground organization opposing a tyrant is 
just that: 
> imaginary.  And cooler than being a bunch of kids in school 
disobeying the 
> headmistress at school.

Alla:

I am sorry, but NO it is not an imagination. Rebecca brought a VERY 
extensive canon upthread that to me has a very clear implication 
that the main purpose of the DA is to teach themselves defense to 
oppose Voldemort (tyrant that is), if you have other interpretation 
of that canon, that is of course your right to have it, but mine 
interpretation which is in this instance same as Eggplant is not the 
product of my imagination.
Sorry!

> Magpie:
> You're not the only person to say that and I don't get it.  Isn't 
it just 
> kind of randomly complicated to bring in Flitwick and minor 
character's 
> parents?  We know what Marietta's mother's position is.  Her 
choice, 
> especially given her mother's job, is either to tell or not--
meaning tell 
> the Headmistress.  It's pretty straightforward, as JKR tries to 
keep things, 
> I think.  Just as Hermione chooses to either give Harry's Firebolt 
over for 
> testing or not.  However long Marietta waffled and so refrained 
from 
> telling, her decision was always going to be to either keep quiet 
or tell 
> Umbridge.  Telling her mother, for instance, just gets the same 
result with 
> less dramatic effect for the author.

Alla:

No, to me it would not have complicate matters, just as to me it 
would not have complicated matters to bring in Cedric parents for no 
other purpose than to show more grief.

If Marietta went to her mother, I would saw conflicted girl, someone 
who is concerned about her family and who is between rock and the 
hard place.

For all I know now the only reason Marietta went to Umbridge was to 
get her place on Inquisitorial squad and THAT is disgusting to me.

JMO,

Alla.