Views of Hermione

[juli17 at aol.com]

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Alla:

Yes, I brought it up, but I did not bring up Snape verbal  abuse. The 
comparison I made was condemning Hermione for the hex  regardless of 
why she did it ( no matter which traitorous actions brought  it up, 
etc) and Snape's actions on the Tower.

I really do not  remember DD!M Snape theorists condemning Snape for 
committing the murder  on the Tower. Nooooo, multitude of the reasons 
had been brought up and the  main one of course Dumbledore made Snape 
do it.

That is of course  the possibility, but I just find funny that 
reasons for the murder are  being constantly brought up as justifying 
circumstances, and the reasons  for the hex as punishment for traitor 
are being  discarded.


Julie:
The problem with judging Snape right now is that we don't know 
what happened on the Tower. Yes, I realize some believe it was 
exactly what it *seemed* to be--cold-blooded murder--even with 
the several inconsistencies in both Snape's and Dumbledore's 
behavior. But until Book 7 comes out we aren't going to know
for sure. After all the writer herself continues to encourage debate 
over whether Snape is on the side of good or bad, which  indicates 
her intent was for the Tower scene to be perceived as  inconclusive. 
 
Also, those who advocate DDM!Snape don't believe Snape committed
murder. Some think it's questionable that the AK was even the  actual
cause of Dumbledore's death. For instance, one workable possibility
is that Snape used the AK as a cover for a non-verbal spell, one that
deactivate the "stopper of death" potion he'd used to keep  Dumbledore
alive after the ring horcrux damage. So it's not a case of justifying
murder, as we don't know for certain what action Snape took,  nor 
the reasons behind it. (It still could turn out that  Snape *did* murder 
Dumbledore, and if it does the DDM!Snape supporters will be  proven
wrong, at which point I certainly won't justify Snape's actions  on the
Tower in any way.)
 
Hermione's actions and intent however are pretty much fact. That
is why I feel I can judge her conclusively in a way that I  can't yet
judge Snape (I can only theorize about him). And the fact that she
didn't place the hex to protect the DA (or if she did it was  woefully
inadequate and hardly indicative of her supposed intelligence)  but
used the hex rather to exact punishment after the damage had  been
done, makes me critical of her actions. I don't think it was  worthy of 
her, regardless of Marietta's own actions (and she was wrong, more
so than Hermione, but again it's not a contest). 
 
Whether Hermione could remove the jinx at her discretion is not
known, but if she could, I'd again argue that doing so would be  the 
right thing for a "good" person to do, also regardless of  whether
Marietta expresses remorse (or just parrots it, since she doesn't
remember). If Hermione can't remove the jinx, well, I still feel 
uncomfortable that she would use a jinx that she couldn't counter. 
Not unlike the discomfort I felt at Harry using Sectumsempra 
without knowing what it would do or how to counter it. Such lack
of foresight is typical impulsive behavior of teenagers, but it's 
neither smart nor right, which is why teenagers (most of them)
eventually mature out of that behavior. 
 
Julie, who thinks Hermione is a good person at heart but also
thinks Hermione has faults which were most apparent during
the whole DA storyline. 
 
 


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