Slytherin-Ever So Evil after all?

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 69138

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Danger Mouse" 
<dangermousehq at h...> wrote:
> I loved Order of the Phoenix, but my biggest disappointment was 
with Slytherin.
> 
> I never believed Slytherin himself was an evil man. I thought that 
the rumors of his being a vile Pureblood fanatic in the same vein s 
the Malfoys and Blacks was based on 1000 years--his views get 
distorted from, perhaps, mistrust of muggle-born students to full-
blown racism. Bah. 

But he built the Chamber of Secrets and had the Basilisk hidden in 
it. This is more than mistrust and even more than racism. It's 
planned murder. So I would say he was indeed an evil man.
  
>   I thought we'd only seen a couple bad apples and there were, 
somewhere, "good" Slytherins.

Yes, and I think we will see them. I think it is IMO logical, that 
they remain mostly silent. After all, the Sorting Hat said, that ALL 
houses should work together.
 
> 
> Was anyone else disappointed in Order of the Phoenix's portrayal of 
the Slytherins? Are they really an Ever So Evil House that deserves 
to have their dungeon permanently flooded?

No, I don't think so. But OOTP was the first book, in which the 
Gryffindors interacted more with Ravenclaws. I think it is logical, 
that it takes longer for interaction with the Slytherins. Also: There 
is Snape who didn't seem to be cmpletely evil. We don't know the 
opinion from Millicent Bulstrode, Theodore Nott or even Pansy 
Parkinson about Voldemorts return. They may not be nice, but that 
doesn't mean they have to be completely evil.

Hickengruendler