Evil and Slytherin

[irene_mikhlin]

No: HPFGUIDX 38887

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "bluesqueak" <pipdowns at e...> wrote:
> Thereafter he sees House Slytherin through that prejudice - he is 
> consistently told that Snape is trustworthy, but doesn't trust him; 
> he notices only Draco and his nasty little gang and dismisses 
> evidence of 'good' Slytherins - in GoF how much courage did it take 
> for that minority of Slytherins to stand up and salute him? (GoF, 
UK 
> hardback p627) He assumes that being in Slytherin would have been 
bad 
> for him - despite the Sorting Hat twice telling him he'd have done 
> well there, and despite the fact that in CoS Dumbledore never says 
> that being in Slytherin would have been bad for him - he only says 
> that Harry has chosen to be a true Gryffindor (CoS, UK paperback 
> p.244-245)

What about that dream Harry had the night after sorting? Where the 
voice from under Quirrel turban told him to transfer to Slytherin, if 
I remember right.
I wonder if it was Voldemort-induced dream. In the morning Harry did 
not even remember he dreamt anything. And the source of the voice is 
pretty suspicious - at this stage Harry did not have any conscious or 
subconscious reason to connect Quirrel with the dark side.
So, why would Voldemort want him in Slytherin?
And, if he is able to influence dreams, may be Professor Snape also 
had a little magical dream that night? Something telling him to 
befriend the boy and make sure he asks to be transferred? Which, of 
course puts Snape's subsequent behaviour in interesting light.
> 
> The question is, is 'ain't no such thing as a good Slytherin' JKR's 
> own opinion? Or are the readers being set up for a nice big bang? 
> Where Harry has to acknowledge that he has his own nasty little 
> prejudices - or that, like Draco, he has taken on his father's 
> prejudices?

I'm thinking of "Three musketeers" for some reason. Even D'Artagnian 
recognised eventually that the other side is not evil per se, and if 
his first friends were not musketeers, he could as easily become a 
cardinal's guard. And Richelieu would make a splendid Head of 
Slytherin, no doubt about it. :-)

Irene