Traitors, friends, loyalty and betrayal (was Evil Hermion...

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No: HPFGUIDX 155147

Nikki:

> > That said, in  the Potterverse, treachery of any kind 
> > appears to be punished, sometimes  severely, regardless how 
> > the commitment was formed.

Magpie:

> That I  would agree with, but I don't know if that's a 
> punishment coming from "on  high" or just the natural course 
> of events. It's damned difficult to leave  your family in the 
> Potterverse because you need to have protectors if you  get 
> into trouble. And so far blood is the strongest bond of 
> protection. I  don't think Sirius is *punished* for rejecting 
> his family, but it does lead  to his destruction.

houyhnhnm:

Marietta's first loyalty was to her parents.  I mean first 
in time.  She betrayed them when she joined an organization 
whose aim was something they had expressly forbidden her to 
do.  So was her disfigurement the punishment for *that* betrayal?