Marietta

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No: HPFGUIDX 169309

>> Charles:
> > And please remember that no matter what Marietta's motivations 
were,
> > she knew that she was in effect damning twenty-some odd students.
> 
> Pippin:
> No, she did not. The only information Marietta volunteered was that
> if Umbridge was in the 7th floor corridor at a certain time she'd 
hear
> something to her advantage. That did not bring the sneak hex into
> effect, and if Umbridge had acted on that information then the DA
> would simply have been out of action until they found a safer 
> place to meet. I'm not saying what Marietta did was right, but
> it seems her intention was to find a way to quit the group without 
> offending Cho or getting anyone into trouble.
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Alla:

She went to Umbridge, Pippin  - to **Umbridge**, the person whom I 
agree is capable of torture and murder.

I think she went above and beyond of trying to quit the group without 
offending Cho and gettin g anyone into trouble, IMO.

 
I am sure this was raised in the past - after all this is one of much 
discussed topics, but I will say it again - much is being made of 
Marietta being torn between loyalty to her mother and DA ( replying 
to thread in general).

I would have MUCH, much less problems with Marietta's treachery ( IMO 
of course) if she went to **her mother**. Instead she went to 
Umbridge, she may not have seen what Umbridge done to Harry, but 
unless she is completely blind, she saw what Umbridge does to 
Hogwarts, no?

I think Marietta made a conscious choice. I despise that choise and I 
sure think though that this is the choice she needed to pay for and 
she did.

I have no sympathy for Marietta whatsoever. Maybe because the example 
of Peter Pettigrew is right there. Yes, it is not the same, even 
though I disagree that DA was **just a study group**. I think the 
intention to defend  themselves against Voldemort was clearly there.

I think it is one of those parallels with the twist, where younger 
generation does things better than the older one.

Hermione hex was not perfect, sure, even though I do applaud her 
intentions, the execution could have been better, yes IMO.

But I sure wish that Order of Phoenix at least **tried** to prevent 
the traitor passing information.

DA managed it - sure DD interfered, but Umbridge did not get what she 
wanted.

Order of Phoenix did not seem to manage it in the first war.

JMO,

Alla