Evil Hermione

[Renee]

No: HPFGUIDX 154913

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Magpie" <belviso at ...> wrote:
>
>
> Renee:
> has it occurred to anyone else that the whole Marietta vs.the DA 
> episode may be meant to mirror Wormtail vs. the first Order of the
Phoenix,
> with Umbridge in the role of Voldemort?
> 
> Magpie:
> Not really, no, not to me.  Peter was an adult who knowingly
sentenced his 
> long time best friends to death and did it to save himself. 
Marietta rats 
> people out, but that's about the only parallel I can see. We don't
know that 
> Marietta's acting because she thinks Umbridge "will prevail."  I
don't even 
> know what that would mean.  There's also a lot of cues that she's
never been 
> trying to beat Umbridge to begin with.  If I were going to compare
her to 
> someone I'd probably to with Percy even more than Peter, despite the
fact
> that Percy is choosing against his family.
> 
> -m

Renee:
We don't know Peters motivation to join the Order either. He may still
have been fawning on James Potter, the way he did back at school. And
then, realising the danger he was in when things got nasty, he had a
wake-up call and allied himself with the bigger bully, showing what
his "friendship" was worth. Likewise, Marietta's friendship with Cho
apparently wasn't worth that much either (though maybe she deserves
the benefit of the doubt here, if she thought she could somehow
protect Cho; Marietta's no Wormtail *yet*). I don't think she can be
compared to Percy. Percy doesn't go behind people's backs. He goes
against his family, but he does not rat on them, which I consider a
fundamental difference. 

What I don't understand is why people defend Marietta because the
punishment seems somewhat disproportional (if it turns out she's
disfigured for life, I'll cut the "somewhat"). It makes Marietta
herself more pitiable, but does that make her betrayal one ounce less
serious? Does it become less serious if you think Hermione ought to
have mentioned the hex? 

Renee