Views of Hermione

[Charles Walker Jr]

No: HPFGUIDX 160394

> Jenni:
<SNIP>
True,
> as
> > far as we know, Hermione never removed the hex. But I'm sure that
> > Dumbledore, McGonagall or Mdm. Pomfrey was able to do so.
>
> Magpie:
> No, in HBP the marks are still there, which is why for many of us
> Hermione's revenge hex crosses the line into more of a problem with
> Hermione's character than it is for Marietta's.

Charles:
That only proves that they did not do so, not that they *could* not.

> Jenni:
> > He had the wounds in his hands where Umbridge had cut them into
> him,
> > little by little, deeper and deeper. It was torture for Harry.
> Really
> > hurt him. I'm sure the members of the DA were aware of what
> Umbridge
> > was doing to Harry, so Marietta knew too. Yet she still betrayed
> them.
>
> Magpie:
> Harry hid the marks on his hands.  Nobody knew except a few people,
> certainly not Marietta. However wrong her actions are, they make
> sense to me from her pov without her intentionally trying to do
what
> Harry sees from his pov.
>

Charles:

In HBP, Hermione mentions that the marks on Harry's hands were still
visible and that others knew what they were. Besides that, we know
that Umbridge used what I have seen called a blood quill on other
students, notably Lee Jordan, so it would be common knowledge amongst
the students what she was doing.

> Jenni:
> > Marietta didn't suffer all the physical 'and' emotional pain like
> > Harry did. Harry almost lost his own life to Voldemort and saw
> Cedric
> > lose his life right before his eyes. He suffered the ultimate
> terror,
> > knowing he was utterly alone to face the ultimate evil.
>
> Magpie:
> That's really here nor there, though. What Harry suffers has
nothing
> to do with Hermione's hex plan, just as Marietta's actions are not
> what Harry is dealing with earlier when he's trying to tell people
> the truth. Comparing their suffering is kind of beside the point.
> (Though I would say that I suspect the author would never make
Harry
> suffer from this kind of hex.)
>

Charles:

Actually, Harry has suffered all his life from something
frighteningly similar to what Marietta did to activate that jinx. It
was *betrayal* that activated the jinx, not Hermione's nastiness.

I don't like Hermione myself, because of her hypocrisy and her
Umbridgeness in HBP. After all that Harry has suffered from the
ministry, she speaks of "official" and "ministry approved." But in
the DA jinx I happen to support her, because she did tell the
prospective DA members that they were signing an agreement to not
inform anyone what they were doing. Marietta chose to break that
agreement, knowing what was happening to people at Hogwarts who fell
afoul of the toad.

I guess what I'm saying is that I understand her actions, but don't
like her attitude. I would write more, but I'm late getting out the
door as it is.