Marietta

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 169273

Eggplant:

> She ratted them out to someone more than willing to commit torture and
> murder. 

Hickengruendler:

Marietta didn't know this. Definitely not about the Dementors, about 
which even Fudge didn't know, much less a student, and I think she 
didn't know about Umbridge's detentions either. At least Harry kept 
them as a secret from anyone but Ron and Hermione, therefore I don't 
think Marietta could have known. All the decrees, which allowed 
torture, where only passed once Umbridge became Headmistress, therefore 
after Marietta's betrayal. I do agree that it quite nasty from 
marietta, to betray everyone, including Cho, like that, (especially 
since she knew, that the group was harmless and did not plan to 
overthrow the government or anything). But one could easily argue, that 
she didn't realise how grave the situation was.
  
Eggplant:
> 
> In a real world situation a bullet in the brain would not have been
> over the top.
> 

Hickengruendler:

The DA was still a study group in a school, not a secret group in 
Second World War. Sadly, shootings in schools happen way to often, but 
luckily they are not the rule yet.

What I find so disturbing about the hex, more than the acne itself, is 
that Marietta's sins are basically brandished on her face, at the very 
least for several months. I find the symbolism behind this pretty 
worrysome.