Evil Hermione

[eggplant107]

No: HPFGUIDX 154927

Magpie" <belviso at ...> wrote:

> From the pov of students in the school.
> It's a school, not a country

I disagree. I think countries are largely a Muggle invention, for most
they are students of Hogwarts first and citizens of Briton second.

> nor does she [Umbridge] torture Harry publically.
> She only whips out Crucio at the end. 

She tries to publicly flog Fred and George with whips and tortures
Harry with that bloody quill.

> If Marietta didn't realize the seriousness of
> it that would be a problem with the whole set up.  

If Marietta was so morally tone deaf that she didn't know that
Umbridge was a very evil woman then I have no sympathy for her; if she
didn't understand how serious things were she damn well should have.

> Seeing as nobody dies as a result of this
> isolated thread in the story[
]
 
That's just not true. Because of Marietta's betrayal Dumbledore was
forced to go into hiding and Hogwarts lost its strongest protector,
she may not have known exactly what would come from that but she must
have known it wouldn't be anything good. And because of that Serious
Black is dead. Harry would never have been tricked into going to the
ministry if Dumbledore were still around.

> If Harry and his friends were less fabulous
> would that change her betrayal? 

It might yes. If the DA were really just a bunch of kids playing
around trying to look cool like you said in your previous message then
when Marietta single handedly destroyed it things wouldn't have been
so disastrous, instead those that organization consisted of people who
have had more experience and success in dealing with Voldemort than
anyone else on planet Earth. Marietta got off very lightly indeed
considering the magnitude of her treachery.  

Eggplant