First meetings; - Good Slytherin in DA Club

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 71474

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "darrin_burnett" <bard7696 at a...>
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> ...MBS...Monster Big Snip...
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> We have no evidence the Hat wouldn't have done the Gryff thing anyway.
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> Darrin
> -- Now I'm gone.

bboy_mn:

Just going the throw in a couple cents worth on the subject in general.

First, Harry never said, 'I want Gryffindor', he said, 'not
Slytherin'. He would have taken any house, but he preferred not to be
a Slytherin.


Speaking of Slytherin...

On to a new subject, I can't help wondering if the Black house, and
Black's ancestors aren't a setup for us and Harry to find out that
Sirius was a Slytherin. We have this whole theme of uniting the houses
against outside forces, and we have Harry and Ron's implication that
they can't see themselves getting friendly with Slytherins, but if
Harry found out that his Dad's best friend and his own Godfather was a
Slytherin, that might make him pause and think.

I also wonder if the DA Club isn't where this 'good Slytherin' theme
will play out. Let's assume they are allowed to continue the club.
They have already opened it up to members of Gryffindor, Ravenclaw and
Hufflepuff. If it is an approved school club, then I assume it has to
be a Gryffindor club or an all-school club, but not a 3 out of 4 club.
Harry would have to make a decision; either the club ends, the club
goes underground again, it's limited to his own house, or it's open to
the whole school.

First, I don't think all students are interested in joining, but I
think a lot of them would. As a side note, I also think there will be
a staff supervisor for the club, but I'm not sure who (please, not
Snape). I think in the end, Harry will accept Slytherin as long as
they accept that he is running the show, and as long as they are
willing to obey the rules. Rules like fair dueling.

I can also see a group of Slytherins joining but can't see Draco and
friend behaving well enough to be allowed to remain, (maybe they'll
start their own club) but I can see a few select 'good' Slytherins
being allow to remain because... well, they are good guys. Maybe not
great guys, but sufficiently well behaved as to not disrupt the class.
I mean there are a lot of people who are not too thrilled about
Zacharias Smith's presents in the DA Club, but he follows the rules,
so he stays.

Just thought.

bboy_mn