Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil (Nel Question - LONG)

[marinafrants]

No: HPFGUIDX 38351

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> wrote:
> > Of course, it was because it would've had less
> > dramatic impact, and I tend to disregard this as
> > something telling about Dumbledore simply because
> > we're reading novels which have certain things done
> > only for dramatic purpose, and other things not done
> > simply for characterisation. But it was really an
> > unnecessary thing to do to the Slytherins - none of
> > *them* had done anything wrong in the events which
> > allowed Harry to rescue the stone.
> 
> 
> You're disregarding, I think, how the Slytherins came to be 150 
> points ahead of Gryffindor in the first place...it was because of 
> Draco Malfoy 's underhanded plot to catch them with Norbert. It's 
> poetic justice for being a sneak.

The rest of Slytherin House had nothing to do with that.  Yes, I 
know that each student's actions reflect on their house -- but 
that's what the points system is for.  The Slytherins deserved to 
lose the House Cup because of Draco's actions.  They did *not* 
deserve to have their faces rubbed in it in front of the whole 
school.  And Snape, in particular, did not deserve to be jerked 
around by his boss in front of all his colleagues.

Marina
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