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Harry Potter Abridged! OotP Chapter 27

2015-01-14T18:16:00Z

Posted by: sweettalkeress.livejournal.com

Wow—there is so much WTFery in this chapter. So much.

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*A/N: Seriously, how in the hell is that NOT offensive? Why does the book treat it like it isn’t a big deal?!

**A/N: I’m sorry—it’s wrong of Umbridge to hate Firenze because he’s part human…but it’s perfectly okay for HERMIONE to compare him (unironically) to a FARM ANIMAL?!

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Harry Potter Abridged! OotP Chapter 18

2014-10-19T18:07:00Z

Posted by: sweettalkeress.livejournal.com

Greetings from Salazar Slytherin's home turf (no, really--I'm studying abroad there right now)!

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Harry Potter Abridged! OotP Chapter 16

2014-08-10T18:32:00Z

Posted by: sweettalkeress.livejournal.com

[Sometime later, Hermione broaches the subject of Harry teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts again.]

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More on Marietta

2011-11-01T17:09:00Z

Posted by: terri-testing.livejournal.com

More on Marietta.. and then maybe I'll shut up.

There are several points that no one has yet brought up about Marietta and her reactions.
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Hermione’s True Crime(s): Her Betrayal of the DA in Context

2011-10-28T08:53:00Z

Posted by: terri-testing.livejournal.com

Much of the tendency of the “Marietta’s True Crime” debate was to put Marietta and Hermione on a moral see-saw. The unspoken premise was, the more justified (or sympathetic) Marietta was in approaching Umbridge and telling her about a certain illegal student organization, the less so was Hermione for “punishing” Marietta by mutilating her, perhaps for life.

(Only “perhaps,” fine. Just as it’s only “perhaps” that Dolores scarred Harry permanently with that Blood Quill. We know from Mad-Eye, Albus, Arthur, Bill, Draco, and Harry himself that magical injuries can leave lifelong scars. But still, it’s not explicitly stated in canon that Harry, fantastically old, died with that scar still on his hand. For anything we know, it vanished one page after its last mention in DH. So no one can accuse Umbridge of scarring Harry for life, right? But in canon, the last we saw, Harry bore “I must not tell lies” engraved into his flesh. In canon, the last we saw of Marietta, she was trying desperately to hide the word “Sneak” blazoned across her face.)

Now, in schoolkid morality, tattling on someone to the teacher is a crime. Tattling on a friend, after explicitly promising not to tell, is the worst crime possibly imaginable!

We, however, are adults, and have larger imaginations.

And Hermione’s betrayal of her schoolfellows (and Hermione’s other crimes) may be judged without reference to Marietta’s transgression.

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Marietta's Real Crime

2011-10-12T00:43:00Z

Posted by: mary-j-59.livejournal.com

In the discussion about "The Centaur and the Sneak", Dracasdiablo made a very interesting point. She stated that Marietta was a bad friend to Cho. After thinking about this for a while, I have to admit that I actually agree. The quotes that follow will, I hope, make clear why I think this. ( Read more... )

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OOTP Chapter Twenty-Seven: "The Centaur and the Sneak"

2011-09-28T16:07:00Z

Posted by: for-diddled.livejournal.com

* First of all, sorry this is so late, I'm afraid I've been a bit busy preparing to go back to university.

* This is the chapter in which Hermione officially crosses the line from “occasionally strident and self-righteous but on the whole likeable and sympathetic character” to “dangerous sociopath”.
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OotP Chapter Twenty-Eight

2008-04-25T09:32:00Z

Posted by: sistermagpie.livejournal.com

( The Centaur and the Sneak )

( Jabootu scores )

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