Hermione must be stopped, or at least slapped

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> Ceridwen:
> > It is never her place to play vigilante.  Not with Umbridge - 
Harry 
> > thought of it late, but he thought of it - Snape was there, the 
only 
> > remaining member of the Order.  Why not go to him instead of
> > playing at commando diversions, before they got trapped into 
only 
> > one way out?  
> 
> Amiable Dorsai:
> Do you really need to ask why the name "Severus Snape" did not
> immediately float to the top of anyone's consciousness when they
> needed help for Sirius Black?

Alla:

Heee. Too true, Amiable Dorsai, too true. BUT while I absolutely 
have no problem with Hermione's ways to punish bad people ( as I 
said - I find it funny that small part of her character puts me off, 
I do know that she is basically a good person and loyal friend), for 
some reason I do worry about Hermione choosing this particular 
punishment for Umbridge. I don't really hold it against her, she was 
concerned with saving her friends and she had to think fast, but 
centaurs.... I don't know. Not even most because of Umbridge, but 
because she was putting her friends in danger too, while trying to 
save them. Hermione knew that centaurs did not like humans, no?

 
> Amiable Dorsai:
<SNIP>
> I don't think you quite grasp the depth of Marietta's betrayal; she
> could quite easily have gotten 28 students expelled from the only
> magical school in Britain.  As it happened, she did get the 
> Headmaster sacked and made a fugitive, and deprived her fellow
> students of an opportunity to learn to defend themselves.  
> 
> These were the times that tried witch's souls--Marietta's was found
> wanting.

Alla:

YES again. Hermione should have explained it better initially, but I 
have no sympathy for Marieta and think that Hermione had to protect 
DA somehow.

Alla, who thinks that Hermione is VERY well written character, but 
who  probably woud not have been able to get past first expression 
of her when thinking about choosing her as a friend, but who likes 
that Harry and Ron were able to get past that first impression, Yay 
for trolls in the bathroom. :-)