(Very Rambling) Responses to Marietta

[Bruce Alan Wilson]

No: HPFGUIDX 169436

"Montavilla47:
You're making me laugh, Magpie, because you're reminding me of the ridiculous
job Hermione did in trying to pump Burke (or was it Borgin) for information
about Malfoy. She really is the world's worst spy, isn't  she? Although Harry's
bright idea to infiltrate the train compartment is right up there."

Harry was Muggle-raised and Hermione was Muggle-born.  While in both cases it
gives them strengths that they can 'think outside the box' (Hermione more than
Harry), but it also gives them weaknesses in that there are some 'everybody
knows' things in the WW.  No Wizardling-raised kid would think that an
Invisibility Cloak would provide absolute immunity for eavesdropping, and such a
kid might well think through the magical protections on the DA contract a bit
more thoroughly.


Bruce Alan Wilson

"The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man.  Other forms of
transport grow daily more nightmarish.  Only the bicycle remains pure in
heart."--Iris Murdoch



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