[HPforGrownups] Re: witches of the world (was: Lavender vs Hermione)

[Magpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 160552

> Nikkalmati:
>
> I think you are exaggerating a bit here.  She wasn't branded, she 
> developed
> zits.  Maybe Marietta should grow bangs (fringe)

Magpie:
She was branded.  She developed oozing pustules that spelled out the word 
SNEAK across her face. That's a brand. A mark of disgrace or infamy placed 
on her skin.  It's just not done the Muggle way with a hot iron.  It's 
possibly across all her face, I don't remember.  She's wearing heavy make 
up, so it doesn't seem like it's on her forehead. Certainly I doubt anyone 
would consider it not a big deal to have a word written across their face 
even if they could cover it up with their hair.  (Ironically, when one of 
the boys is surprised by Hermione's getting the idea for the coins from the 
Dark Mark she points out that she doesn't mark peoples' skin, as if that 
element of the the Mark is barbaric--yet she actually has marked the skin.)

Nikkalmati:.
> I am puzzled why Cho stuck with her.  Was this just a way for JKR to 
> drive a
> wedge between Harry and Cho?  Surely Cho could have asked Harry to  get
> Hermione to lift the curse.

Magpie:
I'm not particularly surprised.  We don't know Cho's and Marietta's story, 
but I'd guess if we did Cho's actions would make sense.  Marietta appeared 
to stick by Cho when other people dropped her when she became depressed and 
cried all the time.  Cho seemed to genuinely understand Marietta's pov and 
see her as genuinely torn due to her mother working for the Ministry.  We 
see that Marietta clearly has problems from the first meeting, ones she 
probably discussed with Cho.  Cho was also genuinely angry at Hermione for 
what she considered a mean trick.  I would be furious too, to discover I'd 
been tricked into signing something that put a hex on me that I didn't agree 
to, even if I considered it a point of honor not to tell.

People have often wondered why Lupin stuck by Sirius after the Prank, but 
I'd guess that makes sense within their relationship too.

Nikkalmati:
 Maybe JKR is saving Marietta for a  redemption in Book
> 7, at which point the zits will disappear as a sign of her  change of 
> heart.

Magpie:
Since she was obliviated, I don't think she can have a change of heart, 
exactly.

-m