About Slytherin House

[Alexander]

No: HPFGUIDX 33430

  Greetings!

> Garaeta wrote to us in his wisdom:

> Which leads into the existence of Slytherin House.  This has been discussed
> here and in other forums, and through JKR.  Members of SH are said to be 
> smart and powerful and we have already been told in CoS that personal 
> decisions play a definite part in one's destiny.  This might suggest that 
> Slytherins are Gryffindors who use the dark to their advantage, but the best 
> Slytherins know how much and when to use it.  It almost seems that 
> Gryffindors turn their noses up at DADA or fear it.  (Just a general 
> impression I'm getting as I think about this at this second -- discuss.)  I 
> mean someone posted that Harry is the only one who actually seeks out DADA 
> lessons and perfects it.  (OK, so he *has* to because he is HP and all, but 
> shouldn't all wizards get to know this part of their powers well?)

  For me to say that Slytherins are Gryffindors is a little
embarassing. Difference between a Slytherin and a Gryffindor
IMHO lies not in their like/dislike of DA and DADA, but in
their inner motivations.

  For a Slytherin, ambition is perhaps the most important
quality (as was stated quite clearly by the Sorting Hat many
times). For Gryffindors, this may be courage or loyalty
(though the latter is also a quality of Hufflepuff). A
Slytherin may easily hate the Dark Arts - it's not
important, as many spells that are not DA can be easily used
for "evil" purpose. A Gryffindor could possibly use even the
darkest Unforgivable curses for noble ends (it's unlikely
that Crucio can be used this way, but Imperio definitely can
be used to save one's life).

  For example, I'm extremely interested in older Crouch
house... I would bet it was Slytherin.

  Again I repeat, this is all my IMHO.

  Ah, and a question springs up to my mind. What if we have
a magic-wielding, ambitious, treachery, evil-inspired,
cowardly, etc etc, *muggle-born*? Would he be sorted into
Slytherin despite Salazar's ideas? And if not, what house
would he hit then?

Sincerely yours
Alexander Lomski