Names, Puns, Etymologies / Racism / Marietta

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 161007

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)" <catlady at ...> 
wrote:

> She probably started out believing that Umbridge was a good person
> with good intentions. Could she have believed that reading the
> Slinkhard book in class was adequate preparation for taking her DADA
> OWL?

Pippin:
If she's in the same year as Cho, she's already taken her OWL and
may not even have Umbridge if she's not taking DADA. If she
is, then she's supposed to be learning non-verbal spells, which
Harry can't teach her either.

Marietta also may be among that half of the wizarding population
who felt the dementors were needed to control evil wizards.
The dementors were still ministry employees at this point, and
I can't help but think it's significant that Marietta tried to get
the DA shut down when Harry started teaching an anti-dementor
spell. It's as if you signed up for a safe driving course, and
midway through it they started teaching you how to avoid
radar dectectors. 

There's no canon that Marietta wanted to get her friends in 
trouble with Umbridge. The information she volunteered wouldn't 
have been enough to get anyone expelled. It would only have shut 
down the meetings unless they could find a safer place for them. 
Whether Marietta was under duress when she gave the information that 
triggered the jinx we don't know, but we certainly know that Umbridge
is capable of it.

Pippin