Dark Magic (+ a little Marietta)

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 176803

Magpie:
> I was okay with the curse at the time (though annoyed that it 
seemed to be presented as Hermione being *smart* when Hermione had 
actually been anything but!).
*(snip)*
(...Hermione should have gotten a smack down for her own stupidity 
and carelessness as well, and instead she seems cheered on by 
everyone with no one questioning her own glaring mistakes. This was 
no triumph for Hermione.)

Ceridwen:
Completely divorced from the scarring issue, this was a huge failure 
for Hermione.  She didn't mention the hex, which to me would be like 
putting the fine print of a contract in invisible ink, but that's 
just the tip of it.  Her method, no matter what it did to any 
supposed traitors, did not protect the DA.  There was no prior 
warning to the raid on the meeting.  Everyone was captured.  The 
curse did not prevent this.  The curse failed.  Hermione did not put 
any thought into this.  As someone else said (Mus?), the trio should 
have vetted everyone who joined, and not allowed just anyone who 
showed up to sign the paper.

Ceridwen.