Ravished Umbridge and Stinksap Inducing Bravery

[Phyllis]

Naama wrote:

> In the hospital room, Umbridge appears deeply traumatized, yet with 
> no visible physical injury.

What if the centaurs turned her over to Grawp <snigger>?

Barb wrote:

> I need to find the posts about this; it was really interesting, and 
> folks were speculating that the plant gave an extra bit of 
> daringness to the personalities of the four who were sprayed with 
> the Stinksap, which could account for a load of things in OotP, 
> from Harry's recklessness with Umbridge to Neville and Ginny's 
> dueling abilities to Luna, a Ravenclaw, going on a rather 
> Gryffindor-ish adventure to the Ministry.

This is really interesting, although I have a nit to pick – Luna 
didn't actually get any stinksap on her, it just splattered her 
newspaper.  Also, I don't see Luna as brave – I see her more as 
having a complete absence of fear, which I believe is based in her 
overall "dottiness."  To me, bravery is taking action which conquers 
your fear rather than not having the sense to be afraid in the first 
place.

~Phyllis