[HPforGrownups] Re: Marietta/Seamus

[sistermagpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 169648

Pippin:

> How do Draco and Dumbledore know about the enchanted coins?
> Dumbledore mentions this "*secret* (emphasis mine) method 
> of communication the group that called themselves Dumbledore's 
> Army used" on the tower and Draco agrees, "Yeah, I got the idea 
> from them."
> From whom, exactly? You have to wonder if Marietta, like Sirius 
> before her, isn't serving as patsy for another, unsuspected spy. 

zanooda:

Is this a hint to Lupin :-)? Anyway, I think DD could find out from 
Sirius and Lupin. They knew about DA and Harry could have told them 
about the coins and other details about DA (except for the name, I 
guess) during Christmas break. It's more complicated with Draco. 

Maybe after DA was no more and especially after Umbridge was out of 
school, it was safe to talk about it. Draco could overhear some DA 
members talking about it among themselves or to other kids. After all, 
he did overhear Harry and Hermione talking about Filch and love potions 
and used this information.

Magpie:
This is an interesting question...I suspect JKR just figured she could
glide over it saying that when the DA was known everything about them could
be known. But since it is Draco I he does at least seem to consistently be
interested in stuff going on and watching stuff that Harry & Co. do. I
could imagine him intentionally trying to find out everything about the DA
he could. I mean, he must have learned how to reproduce and slightly change
the coins too, using the charms that Hermione had changed herself. 

It still doesn't explained just how he got this information, but I can
vaguely fill it in just thinking that he seems social and nosy about
everyone. Klepto!Draco exists only in the medium that must not be named,
but I can imagine him nicking a coin off someone in the group to study and
figure out how it worked. (I also think Draco made the Potter Stinks booby
trap badges in GoF with Hermione specifically in mind, thinking she would
be the one to try and change them.)

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