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[merrymelody]

Having finally got off my ass and done what I promised, here's a portion of my GoF review (cut into sections to prevent your eyes glazing over. Next bit will be up...um, soon, I hope!)

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[merrymelody]

"Ginny's told me all about her"

Can you imagine? 'She says Luna's a total piteous loser who she likes to call 'Looney' but it's in the script that she defend her occasionally so we can marvel at Ginny's tough brand of compassion.'

Yes, she did something wrong, but you can understand why, which makes her interesting.

There really doesn't seem to have been a good side in OotP.
She could have stuck by the DA, but imho, they were total assholes themselves (as the end hexing proved) and the whole reasoning behind the club seemed totally skewed (as did the entire subplot of Umbridge's classes - I was amazed how many people thought my namesake Slinkhard ;) the guy writing the textbook about how there might be non-violent solutions to disagreements was symbolic of Teh Evil of Bureaucracy or whatever half-assed political symbolism JKR was trying for.)
But it goes without saying that Umbridge's side was totally corrupt.
I guess Cho got the best circumstances of all - she had the knowledge from the DA, she got to leave before they really got creepy and power-trippy, she stood by her friend, and she didn't end up having to betray anyone (or getting disfigured.)