[HPforGrownups] Re: Sirius' House

[T.M. Sommers]

No: HPFGUIDX 76174

sarcasticmuppet wrote:
> 
> As far as I could tell in Book V, Phineas Nigellus wasn't such a bad 
> guy.  In fact, he became my favorite minor character in the whole 
> book.  Sure he's been dead for about a hundred years, but still, I 
> think the ellusive 'Good Slytherin' has indeed been found.

I don't know if you can go so far as to say that Nigellus was 
`good'.  He does, after all, try to obstruct Dumbledore to the 
extent that he can, and only goes to Grimmauld Place when forced 
to by the other portraits.  We also don't know how much the 
personality of the portrait matches the personality of the real 
Nigellus.

That being said, Nigellus is certainly an entertaining character, 
and is not without his good points.