[HPforGrownups] Hermione and Marietta (was Re: muggle baiting vs. muggle torture)

[Magpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 155489

> arwengryffin:
> Notice too, guys, that Hermione's "sneak" hex does work to protect
> the DA.  Once she breaks out, Marietta stops talking to Umbridge.
> It scares her into silence and Umbridge does not get her proof and
> DD is able to step in and salvage the situation and keep Harry at
> school.  It reminds me of an ink or dye that is left behind on
> criminals who try to break into a vault or something.  Hermione did
> her job and, IMO, is clearly and consistantly on the side of the
> good guys.  She is not evil and she is not out for revenge, again

Magpie:
She only stops talking because she happens to see the hex in a mirror, 
doesn't she (and somewhere a memory charm comes in)?  That's not really 
something Hermione could count on.  Umbridge gets the list of all the 
students involved and DD's "salvage" of the situation is to make Umbridge 
the headmistress.  The hex does work like an ink that identifies the person, 
but it's not something that stops crime, it's something that helps you 
identify the person who did it afterwards.  The way that Hermione's hex 
happens to stop Marietta from talking is pure chance.  Her suffering 
afterwards (which is the revenge aspect) is inherent in the hex itself. 
Hermione herself even alludes to that when she tells us about the hex.

-m