Slytherin Friends, House Combining, and other random thoughts

[Fyre Wood]

No: HPFGUIDX 43883

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Julie Stahlhut" <julie.k.stahlhut at a...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "emma_look_alike" 
> <Mysticwolf_girl at h...> wrote:
> > Do Malfoy and the Slytherins have friends in other houses? 
> Does ANY 
> > in depth other-house relationships go on inside Hogwarts?....
> 
> 

Fyre Wood replies (Me, people.. I'm replying here!)

It seems to me that most of the friendships at Hogwarts are within 
the students' own houses. However, the Patil sisters may be the 
exception because they are related.

As I posted on my website, Hidden Desire 
(http://www.angelfire.com/ca7/dracolovesharry/huffclaw.html) ... 
direct link to the case..., the houses could almost be combined into 
two houses--just Gryffindor and Slytherin. The Hufflepuffs are the 
less brave versions of Gryffindors, while the Ravenclaws could be 
separated two ways:
1. Those who wish to use their intelligence for good would go into 
Gryffindor.
2. Those who would become evil masterminds would go into Slytherin. 
(If Bill Gates were to have attended Hogwarts, he would be an example 
of this).

This would then cause the population to be 60% Gryffindor and about 
40% Slytherin. 


I don't know why the students don't mingle. Maybe it's house pride, 
or perhaps there isn't any place for them to go beside class, the 
dining hall, and the common rooms. The school system seems to have 
them stay pretty much with their own kind... seems as though they're 
promoting separation rather than unity.

I've seemed to have gone off on a tangent. Sorry folks.

--Fyre Wood, who now waits for someone to reply.