Hermione must be stopped, or at least slapped

[lyraofjordan]

No: HPFGUIDX 149321

> 
> Amiable Dorsai:
> What makes you think Hermione has prevented Marietta from seeking
> treatment?  We know Flitwick was unable, or claimed to be unable, 
to
> lift the curse, but we've never heard of his asking Hermione to 
lift
> it.  Do you think she would refuse a direct request from a teacher 
she
> holds in high regard?
> 
> <Full bore speculation mode engaged; hold on to your hats.> Now 
> that I think about it, I'm not sure that Hermione could lift the
> curse, not by herself.  Think on it--Marietta's contract (if that's
> what the list was) was not only with Hermione, but with the DA as 
a 
> whole.  I wonder: could Marietta lift the curse herself, if she 
> simply apologized to the rest of Dumbledore's Army?
> 
> Amiable Dorsai
>
Lyra:
Hermione applied the curse and apparently no one else is able to 
figure out what it is or how to work a countercurse. Hermione 
certainly does not seem to have volunteered that information (or 
indicated to anyone in authority that she might have that 
information), and without that information, Madame Pomfrey or 
whoever is unable to treat Marietta. Therefore, it seems to me that 
Hermione has erected a roadblock that prevents treatment of Marietta.
(Can I prove that knowing what the curse is will help cure it? No, 
but I'm going by a medical model here, and figuring it's easier to 
cure something if you have some idea what it is and what caused it.)
And as I said previously, after more than year, it seems to me the 
curse has long since served any warning or punitive purpose Hermione 
might have had in mind and there seems to be no point in continuing 
it, yet we've seen her make no move to lift it.
YMMV

Lyra