Marietta, was Slytherin's Reputation

[jkoney65]

No: HPFGUIDX 185651

> Montavilla47:
> I don't think it really matters why Marietta's disfigurement isn't 
cured.  The
> fact remains that the disfigurement is there months afterwards.  It 
may be
> marginally better (since she's graduated from a balaclava to heavy 
makeup), 
> but it's still there, and we never see her completely cured.  For 
all intents and
> purposes, the disfigurement is permanent.
> 
> We also see Harry taking satisfaction in seeing that her markings 
are 
> still there months later.
> 
> And, for me, that crosses a line from an amusing punishment to a 
> vindictive one.

jkoney
I didn't have any problems with Marietta's punishment. She had the 
option of just quitting the DA and not doing anything. 

Instead she went and squealed to Umbridge which ended up causing 
Dumbledore to leave the school. It could have been worse if it was 
Harry who was kicked out and possibly had his wand broken.

Her actions could have had the whole group expelled. What was their 
crime? Getting together to study a course where they weren't learning 
anything.

Montavilla47:
  For some 
> readers, Snape crossed the line when he singled Harry out in the 
first
> potions class.  He didn't do that for me.  I didn't think he was 
being 
> at all mature, good, and certainly not "pure" when he did that--
but, 
> for me, I could still like and admire him later on.  I understand, 
> though, if other readers can't.
>
jkoney:
The difference is that Snape was an adult, the teacher of the class 
and he singled out a student in the first class. Then his behavior 
doesn't get any better as time goes on. He also is horrible to 
Neville a poor student and to Hermione a great student.

I don't think we need to list his actions to show that he acted as an 
arrogant, petty, vile little man in his interactions with students 
that weren't in his house.
jkoney