Responses to Marietta (was: Misc. responses, some quite old)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 169306


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> bboyminn:
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> When Shacklebolt modified her memory, he may have 
> modified that aspect that effected Motivation rather
> than details. With a shift in motivation comes a shift
> in loyalty. That shift in loyalty would have produced 
> the same answers as your suggestion that Marietta 
> remembers nothing at all. 

Pippin:
But there's no canon that memory charms can shift
motivation, or that Marietta's motivation has 
shifted.  Good heavens, if the Ministry has that 
kind of power, it's a shame they haven't reformed 
a few Death Eaters that way, not to mention 
Riddle himself. Zap! you're a good guy.

There is ample canon that memory charms
make people forget their acquired knowledge and
their experiences. But even a memory charm as 
violent as the one that affected Lockhart didn't 
cause him to change his motivations or his loyalties.

What you're describing sounds a lot more like
the Imperius Curse, actually. 

Pippin