[HPforGrownups] Re: Responses to Marietta (was: Misc. responses, some quite old)

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No: HPFGUIDX 169272

Bart:
> Therefore we have it in canon that: 
> 
> A) Hermione cast the spell.
> B) Nobody HAS undone the spell.
> C) It is highly unlikely that nobody CAN undo the spell. 
> 
> Therefore, if people can, but people don't, it is likely that people
> won't.

A theory: Perhaps you are in fact correct that "nobody CAN undo 
the spell" - specifically, "NOBODY can undo the spell". It can 
be trivially shown that it is possible to cast a curse on someone 
without being able to undo it yourself, see Harry's sectumsempra. 
So, then, why do we assume that Hermione has simply _chosen_ to 
leave Marietta disfigured? It's possible that she's not "moved on" 
as some here have said, but is ignoring it to avoid facing her own 
guilt and sense of failure at being unable to reverse it.

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