[HPforGrownups] What the Sorting Hat REALLY Said, and The Good Slytherin.

[nymphadoraotonks at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 84900

Hello bboy_mn at yahoo.com,

In reference to your comment:

è Between this and discovering good Slytherins via the
è DA Club, Harry's attitude will completely change. I also
è think that one Slytherin in particular will stand out. We
è have frequently discussed this person, labeling them
è "The Good Slytherin", and have speculated that it could
è be the mysterious Blaise Zambini. So, while the
è students at the school will not be united down to the
è last witch and wizard, the members of the four houses
è will be working together toward a common goal; the
è defeat of Voldemort.



Obviously, it is very late and my mind is fading because on first reading 
this, I jumped to my book screaming that there were no Slytherin names mentioned 
as of yet.... and of course you meant as of yet. So I apologise to my 
neighbours foremost. We have yet to see any Slytherin interest in the D.A., but I 
think this may be due to Hermione's tactics in forming the group. Noticeably, 
Hermione would not seek out Slytherins because of the few we really know.  
However, I hope that this theory of the 'Good Slytherin' pans out in canon at some 
point. I think it is high time we see that NOT all Slytherins are bad.  We have 
beaten the subject to a pulp here, but just because there 'is not a witch or 
wizard that went bad that wasn't in Slytherin' does not mean that they ALL are. 
 

I think to prove this point to the readers, Harry will encounter the 'Good 
Slytherin' as you noted. It needs to be proven. JKR is not as black and white as 
Good House/Bad House. So far, we have only met baddie Slytherins. Yet, we 
have really only met four distinctly in Harry's year- I think- Malfoy, Crabbe, 
Goyle, and Pansy Parkinson. In Harry's year, alone, that is only four of ten. ( 
Ten being what we know of ) Somewhere in there, there must be someone who is 
not evil....

However, in Oop, the Sorting Hat's new song says that Slytherin only wanted 
to teach those whose blood was the purest. In that one statement alone, how 
could Riddle OR Harry have ever been placed in Slytherin? Yes, the song changed 
from what we had heard previously, but this is something to question.... And, 
Gryffindor and Slytherin were the best of friends? Is this foreshadowing?

I have even confused myself.
-Tonks


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