A Sense of Betrayal / Unforgiveables

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 174273

I (vmonte) wrote:
Well, if I found out that my daughter messed with my brain I don't 
think I would ever trust her again. But then again, Hermione 
probably made them forget that too.

Katie responded:
All I can say is that I see it differently and that Hermione, to me, 
is one of the most brave and most loyal characters in the books. I 
know a lot of people have problems with the whole Marietta thing. I 
don't. I don't have a problem with her sending birds flying at Ron's 
face when she was jealous and angry, either, though I know some do. 
I like Hermione, and I think she was trying to protect her parents 
from harm, and I just don't have a problem with it. 

Maybe I'm morally lax or something (though I don't actually think 
so), but I seem to not have a problem with a lot of stuff in the 
books that other people do. I have no problem with the twins putting 
Montegue in the Vanishing Cabinet. I thought it was funny. I have no 
problem with Harry using Crucio or Imperio in a scary and exteme 
situation...although I do wish that Jo had done a better job at 
explaining why that was excusable in that particular situation. 


vmonte responds:
I like Hermione and think she is brave as well. And I have no
problem with what she did to Marietta or Ron. I also love the twins,
and was devastated when Fred was killed. (His death was completely
unnecessary in my opinion.)

I do, however, have a problem with some of the things the "good
guys" did in this book. Harry used crucio on a DE because that DE
spit at Minerva, and that's not a valid reason imo.

And what Hermione did to her parents is just scary. Her parents
deserved more respect than that.


Katie wrote:
I like the good guys, and I don't really care too much what happens 
to the bad guys. If that makes me morally bereft...so be it. 


vmonte again:
It's not so much that I care about what happens to the bad guys, but 
what it says about the "good guys."