Good Slytherin (Was: Re: Thestrals and Slytherins)

[zanelupin]

No: HPFGUIDX 71321

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Darrin:
> > Now, I do still think that Slytherin, post-Riddle, has been in a 
> downward evil 
> > spiral.  The absence of the elusive "Good Slyth" has become less 
of 
> a glaring 
> > omission and more of a plot question to be answered, in my mind.
> 
greatelderone:
 What about Phineas? Despite being dead and a portrait he was okay 
and 
> did show concern for Sirius and everything.
> 

But Phineas was Sirius' great-great grandfather, around before 
Riddle's time.  Phineas the portrait could possibly be a "Good Slyth" 
and even if Phineas himself could also be considered so, Darrin's 
Post-Riddle Downward Evil Spiral of Slytherin House still holds.  
Phineas was a Slytherin at Hogwarts long before Riddle was there.

Darrin:
> > Salazar leaving it behind was a reckless act. Perhaps he thought 
he 
> would 
> > one day get back there to claim it and never got round to it.
greatelderone:
> Didn't Riddle himself say that Slytherin left it there so that his 
> heir could finish his noble work?

Consider the Source:  Is *Riddle* really going to say to Harry 
Potter, "Well, great-great.....grandad Salazar was so upset with 
Gryffindor that he forgot his favorite pet in his Chamber.  I found 
it down here after spending years learning everything I could about 
my family history and decided it was well-suited to aid in my plan to 
purge all things muggle from the Wizarding World."?  

KathyK 
"Or to save on postage, I'll just poison him with this!"--Emperor's 
New Groove