Evil and Slytherin (Harry's Dream)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 38907

Irene wrote:
> > 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 don't think Voldemort can induce dreams in Harry. More likely it 
was the same sort of visitation that takes place twice in GoF. 
Harry ends up under Quirrel's turban because that's where 
Voldemort is, ie, inside Quirrel's head. I believe the little bit of 
Voldemort left in Harry was the source of the voice, awakened by 
proximity to Voldemort. The idea that  Snape had a similar dream 
is interesting, but I can't believe Voldemort would do anything to 
let Snape suspect he was so close. He wouldn't trust any of his 
old servants--in his eyes they're all traitors who didn't look for 
him.

> > > 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. :-)<<<<<

Dumas is much more cynical than Rowling--Richelieu would 
make a dandy Slytherin but unfortunately so would Buckingham 
or Anne of Austria. D'Artagnan's misfortune is to be a knight 
errant in a world where _noblesse_  no longer  _oblige_. Unless 
Dumbledore is ever so evil, that's not the case in the Potterverse.
Dumbledore believes in using his powers responsibly, at least 
according to McGonagall.

Would Dumbledore trust Snape if Snape were still willing to use 
any means to achieve his ends? I don't think so.

Pippin