Slytherins, Sirius vs Snape (gosh, this is long!!)

[rainy_lilac at yahoo.com]

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., pigwidgeon37 at y... wrote:
> rainy_lilac wrote:
> <I do like the idea of a surprise coming up, some kind of evidence 
> <that might suggest that the cunning Slytherins, though prone to 
Dark 
> <Ways, do not HAVE to go in that direction, and that there might be 
a 
> <notable Slytherin who will rise above it all. (Well, Snape for 
> <sure...)
> 
> It is never stated in any of the books that *every* Slytherin goes 
> bad. Hagrid says in PS:"There's not a single witch or wizard who 
went 
> bad who wasn't in Slytherin" That means: All bad witches/wizards 
have 
> been in Slytherin, but not EVERY witch/wizard that was in Slytherin 
> is automatically bad.


No, nobody is ever automatically bad, of course not: but let's face 
it, Slytherins do have a bit of a reputation, and there are several 
places where characters express an acute awareness of this. Nothing 
so far has come up to challenge that reputation. It is hard for me to 
imagine that this will continue unchallenged through all of the books.