Colour theory, eyes, and Gryffindor Voldemort (was: Re: Dobby's Sock Present)

[Strix <kethlenda@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 48942

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Sushi <sushi at s...> 
wrote:
> JCMinJapan: aka Jon wrote:

  I do find it interesting that, while three of the Houses have 
> primary colours, Slytherin, the "bad" House (bah, I'm Slytherin 
and proud 
> of it!), is relegated to a secondary.  I don't think it was 
coincidence 
> that it would be the opposite of the "best" House, Gryffindor 
(hotheaded, 
> overemotional... *grumbles*grin*).  In a way, this is just another 
way to 
> isolate Slytherin from the rest of the herd.  (I could also get into 
a 
> spiel on the separation between warm-blooded and cold-
blooded House 
> mascots, and the corrosive nature of silver as opposed to gold, 
lead, and, 
> to a slightly lesser degree, bronze, but that might be going a bit 
too far 
> in the Slytherin vs. The World debate.)

You could also have some fun with the alchemical elements 
here.  Gryffindor is fire, Ravenclaw is air, Hufflepuff earth, and 
Slytherin water.  Or at least that's the way I'd assign them.

Kelly L., "the artist formerly known as Strix", sick of all her 
pseudonyms