Views of Hermione.

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 160647


>  "pippin_999" <foxmoth@> wrote:
> 
> > it was Dobby who warned the DA, it was
> > Shacklebolt who kept Marietta from 
> > incriminating anyone, and it was Dumbledore
> > who arranged for Harry to escape punishment
> > I can't see that Hermione's curse helped
> > with any of that. 

Eggplant:
> Don't be silly, without Hermione's curse that piece of filth called
> Marietta would have spilled the beans in Umbridge's office,

Pippin:
The beans got spilled by Willie Widdershins, six months before.
Would Umbridge have called out her boss and two
Aurors to witness her crackdown on the Gobstones Club?  Obviously,
Umbridge didn't need to be told what the meeting was about
and who was in charge. She could guess. All the curse did was 
show that somebody had a secret they were really anxious to keep.

To top it all off, it was Hermione's own parchment that provided 
the proof. Umbridge didn't really need confirmation from
Marietta after that. She could still have expelled Harry, she
just didn't want to, not when by keeping him at Hogwarts she'd
be splitting him off from Dumbledore.


Eggplant:

> Don't get me wrong, I'm a big fan of revisionism, but this Marietta is
> a hero and Hermione is a villain business just won't fly. 

Pippin:
I don't believe anyone has said that Marietta is a hero. I've
only said she didn't deserve to be punished so severely. Nor
have I said that Hermione is a villain. But I don't believe that
everything she does is praiseworthy, either.

Pippin