[HPforGrownups] Have Slytherins always been hated?

[Meghan Stancil]

No: HPFGUIDX 37947

This leads to a further question: was Peter a Gryffindor evil
enough to betray his best friend or a Slytherin dumb enough to
have a pal called James Potter?

Jo has given us no conclusive proof - either in canon or in
interviews - that *any* of the marauders actually belonged to
Gryffindor.[1] However, granted the close parallels between Harry
and James (in particular their enmity with Snape and Draco), it
is very difficult to imagine James (at least) in any other house.

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Further, although fans have often speculated that the four
friends came from different houses, we have yet to see a close,
non-romantic friendship between members of differing houses -
particularly if one of the houses is Slytherin.

Aberforth's Goat (a.k.a. Mike Gray)
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Ok it's not as prevalent in this thread as others, but many here
seem to think that slytherins have always been hated, but I have never
seen it that way. I always thought the hatred of Slytherins was fairly
recent as a form of backlash after Voldemort. Just because a majority of
Slytherins were the wrongdoers in the Vold War I doesn't mean others
have gone astray in the past. Also the slytherins are portrayed even
worse due to Harry's POV.

So anyways to sum up, maybe the Slytherins weren't hated when the
Marauders were in school. Maybe that is a fairly recent development.


Megs


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