Being Good and Evil (was:Re: Harry's arrogance (was Evil ...

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "rebecca" <dontask2much at ...> wrote:

> I find it interesting that some wish to hold Hermione, as a 15 year old 
> girl, to the same standard of ethical perfection as an adult. I
wonder why 
> these "kids" aren't seen by the fandom as just making mistakes or bad 
> judgement while maturing to adults? IMO, it's all about growing up and 
> learning, isn't it?
> 
> Rebecca
>
Gerry

I totally agree. Now lets follow that logic:
Hermione has disregard for rules and thinks she is right: that makes
her to some a budding Umbridge.

OK, now take Marietta: 
She caves in under pressure and follows those with the most power,
betraying her friends knowing there will be grave consequences for
them: where did we see a character like that before? If Hermione is a
budding Umbridge, consequently that makes Marietta a budding Peter
Pettigrew. 

Yet allowances should be made because she is a fifteen/sixteen year
old girl, the same age as Hermione is but somehow those allowances are
not made for evil!Hermione. If age does matter, that certainly does
for Hermione too. If it does not, than evil!Marietta will not get a
chance to become as evil as her adult counterpart because people are
warned about her.

Gerry, who thinks that Marietta never approached Hermione to ask to
take the pimples off her.