Evil Slytherin

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 67798


> Nemi wrote:
> > Whoa!  Hold Up There!  Slytherin?  Evil?  Breeding
> > grounds for Dark?  Uhmn, no.  Definetly not.

Katy:
 
> Where is your proof to the contrary? I must remind you that we 
STILL have not seen a "good" Slyth!
 
Me:

and considering that DEs almost exclusively come from House 
Slytherin, and at least four current Slyths - Draco, Crabbe, Goyle 
and Nott -- have DE fathers, one must wonder if it is indeed a 
training ground.

In fact, that would go a long way to explaining why there are no good 
Slyths. V-Mort has done something to prevent it.

It is illogical to think that an author who has shown a knack for 
creating complex, shaded characters would fail so blatantly on House 
Slytherin unless there was a reason.


> > Point One: Binns Says that Salazar considered
> > muggle-borns to be "untrustworty" not 'disgusting' not
> > 'dirty,' simply untrustworthy.
> 
> So if a race is considered "untrustworthy" by myself, i should try 
to stamp them out? I think not!

Well, that was Hitler's idea. Jews untrustworthy? Kill them! 


> > Point Three: Sorting Hat SAYS Godric and Salazar
> > were "best friends"
> 
> Up until Salazar started setting murderous MONSTERS on muggle-
borns, i feel sure.

Godric's view was one of openness. Let the Muggle-borns in. Salazar's 
was one of discrimination. Only purebloods allowed. 
 
> > Point Four: Salazar LEFT Hogwarts because of an Argument.
> > Conclusion: He didn't withdraw his house, he didn't stay
> > which could have dragged the school down, he left, sacrificing
> > his own ideals and basically admiting defeat in an argument for
> > the good of the many.
> 
> Wow, you are giving Salazar WAY too much credit. Have you so quickly
> forgotten that HE IS THE ONE who put a Basalisk in a school full of
> CHILDREN?? He didn't simply "leave, sacrificing his own ideals." He 
built a chamber and put a monster in it to CARRY ON his ideals after 
he was gone!

You could make a case that if House Slytherin had left, Hogwarts 
would be better off, not worse off. The other three could have found 
another wizard or witch. 

I've always felt that there is some kind of magical compact that 
prevents Slytherin from leaving or the rest from chucking them out. 
It seems hard to believe that one house could cause so much trouble, 
or have such a philosophical difference, without some kind of binding 
force.

Which could further explain the Sorting Hat's warning. "You're in 
this together, and that's not changing, so get along," essentially.


> > Point Five: Hagrid trusted Tom enough to consider him a friend.
> 
> That's not a point. Hagrid has never been one to have much 
intuition or brains. Dumbledore never trusted Tom Riddle.

And just because Riddle called Hagrid by his first name does not mean 
friendship.  


> > Point Seven: Harry is Very Slytherin.
> 
> Not of his own accord. He only has Slytherin trates because 
SLYTHERIN VOLDEMORT gave them to him.


Harry ran away from Slytherin as fast as his knobby knees would take 
him. "Not Slytherin. Not Slytherin. Not Slytherin." That fact alone 
makes him un-Slytherin. 

And let us remember that Draco was picked for House Slytherin in 
about a second. Clearly, the Sorting Hat found him the ideal 
Slytherin.

Darrin
-- Looking forward to when Draco gets his.