Evil Hermione

[Renee]

No: HPFGUIDX 154915

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, juli17 at ... wrote:
>
>
> Julie:
 Marietta ratted on students who could to her  knowledge
> get expelled at most. (She had no knowledge of Umbridge's attempted
> murder with the Dementors or her torturing of Harry.) Peter betrayed
> his best friends to Voldemort, knowing doing so meant their certain
> deaths. Huge difference, and substantially so. Marietta was getting
> kids in trouble at school, Peter was getting his friends murdered. 
>  
> Alla:
> **That** is the relevance to me - that Marietta's actions could  have
> led
> to horrible consequences and did not do so **not** thanks to  anything
> Marietta did, quite the contrary, IMO.
>  
> Julie:
> What horrible consequences? As Hermione said, they might  have
> been expelled. I don't see that as "horrible."
>  
>  Magpie:
> > The adult/child was probably the least of my problems  with the
> parallel. In
> > fact, I think Peter could have been more of an  anti-Marietta at
> his age in
> > significant ways. The Potters might have  ultimately been a lot
> safer if
> > Marietta had been the fourth  Marauder.
> 
> 
> Alla:
> Do you mind clarifying how Potters could have been  safer?
> 
> Is your meaning that Marietta would not have betrayed  them?
> 
> 
> Julie:
> I can't say for sure that's what Magpie meant, but I think  they would
> have had a much better chance at living. Again, Marietta betrayed
> students to an official authority figure who might have had them 
> expelled. Peter betrayed his closest friends to a known murderer who
> made his intent murder those friends clear. While I can't say for  sure
> Marietta wouldn't also betray a close friend to be brutally murdered
> to save herself, I can say *Peter* certainly would and did. Hence,  I'd
> take Marietta as my secret keeper any day over Peter. 
>  

Renee:
In that case, I wish you good luck.
That the *actual* consequences of Marietta's betrayal are much less
serious than Wormtail's is not because Marietta is safer, but because
there's a lot less at stake (and because Hermione was actually more
ruthless and effective than Dumbledore). If Marietta'd had reason to
fear for her life, as Wormtail did, she might have done exactly the
same. The difference is quantitative, not qualitative. Marietta does
not have what it takes to make a good secret-keeper.

Renee