Thestrals and Slytherins

[sophineclaire]

No: HPFGUIDX 71397

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jenny_ravenclaw" 
<meboriqua at a...> wrote:
> *Whew!*  Try to say that one ten times fast.
> 
> Now, this is the thread that I'm sure is making everyone roll their 
> eyes and say "Not again!" and I understand that.  I just wanted to 
put 
> my thoughts on the matter out there, even if this very point has 
been 
> discussed, as I'm sure it has.  We cover everything around here.  :-
)
> 
> We all noticed that there was one "stringy Slytherin boy" who saw 
the 
> thestrals "with an expression of great distate on his face" (ch. 
21).  
> Many people have speculated that this kid might just be one of 
those 
> "good Slyths" we have heard so much about, simply because he has 
seen 
> someone die. I say "Feh!".
> 


Just because someone has seen a person die doesn't mean that a person 
is good or bad. It is mere consequence of a series of situations that 
lead the student to witness it. And he death didn't have to be 
particularly brutal, someone could ahve just died peacefully with his 
family around him.

   I know plenty of GOOD people who have never seen anyone die and 
have never been to a funeral. Well, why should they be judged for 
being lucky enough not to lose anyone they cared about or watch 
someone die within their general vicinity.

   The thesterals apparently have an unplasent appearence. I'd say 
the Slytherin's reaction was out of his disgust over the look of the 
Thesteral not over any House attitude.

-SophineClaire