Yes, exactly. In condemning Marietta, Brad is assuming a lot of things the text just doesn't support - that the Wizarding World was at war; that it was common knowledge that Voldemort was back AND that Umbridge went along with the Dark Lord's agenda; that it was appropriate for a bunch of teenagers to style themselves "Dumbledore's Army", and so on. But, really, Marietta, within the story world, probably didn't know any of that. What she knew was that Umbridge wasn't teaching information the kids had to know for a standardized test, and that she was joining a study group.
I don't think her curiosity was a crime. I do think it's pretty clear that she gave in to peer pressure, and that she had mixed feelings, at best, about coming to the meeting and very mixed feelings about signing that parchment.
I just can't see her as an evil person for going along with her friend and then changing her mind.
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Date: 2011-10-15 03:07 am (UTC)I don't think her curiosity was a crime. I do think it's pretty clear that she gave in to peer pressure, and that she had mixed feelings, at best, about coming to the meeting and very mixed feelings about signing that parchment.
I just can't see her as an evil person for going along with her friend and then changing her mind.