Marietta the Marionette? was: Marietta's scarring

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 176006

Coriandra:
> Marietta should never have been put in that situation.  Harry, Ron and
> Hermione should have disqualified her from DA membership when they saw
> how she was being manipulated.   I don't blame her for wanting to let
> an adult handle it, but why didn't she go to a trustworthy, caring
> adult? I think going to Umbridge, who clearly enjoyed scaring and
> hurting people was sinking pretty low on Marietta's part.

Ceridwen:
Umbridge was Marietta's mother's workmate.  She may have met Umbridge 
before, in other circumstances.  She may have originally written her 
misgivings to her mother, who encouraged her to go to Umbridge.

She may also not have known about Umbridge's cruelty to other 
students.  Like Harry, Lee Jordan hides the scars of his punishment, 
and others may as well.  It's odd about abuse sometimes - the victim is 
ashamed to admit it.

Or, perhaps, Umbridge heard about Marietta's misgivings from Mrs 
Edgecomb, if Marietta did write to her mother, and call Marietta in for 
a talk.  Umbridge has been known to be manipulative, and has used 
Veritaserum on Harry (or thought she did, anyway she intended to).  If 
she did entertain Marietta, she wouldn't need to use Veritaserum, just 
play on Marietta's mother's connection to the Ministry, and possibly 
imply that what Marietta said or did could impact her mother's career.  
Or, she may have mentioned how proud Mrs Edgecomb would be of Marietta 
if she bravely spoke out against the "subversive element" in the school.

Ceridwen.