[HPforGrownups] Re: The Case for Slytherin

[Vicky Ra]

No: HPFGUIDX 19991

  One of the few things that bothers me about the series is the 
  automatic view that Slytherin is bad or evil. Even in discussion 
  here, from what I've seen, the best defense is that it's useful as a 
  foil for the other three houses (Gryffindor espically). It seems to 
  me that all the houses are (or should be) equal. Slytherin, I'm sure, 
  has produced students every bit as good as Gryffindors. It seems to 
  me that Tom Riddle, the Malfoys, etc. are giving Slytherin a bad name 
  that it probably doesn't deserve.  

  </rant>

  Ken

  A forbidden "I agree" post, but please make an exception, as I feel very strongly on this subject. Excellent comments by Ken. I'd also like to add that we've only really seen Draco and Co. and Pansy and her gang. We've never seen any older Slytherins, as Harry and Co. don't really have contact with them. We may never see the older Slyths because of their differences in age. Unfortunate, really.

  Vicky


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