Phineas

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 85199

Berit wrote:
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> My thoughts about his name is that it is very much linked to his 
> Slytherin house (and heritage?). In many ways Phineas is portrayed as 
> the "ultimate" Slytherin: His name is very much so, a direct 
> reference to his house, and his clothes are painted in the Slytherin 
> colours of silver and green; his demeanour and mindset are very much 
> Slytherin: "We Slytherin's are brave, yes, but not stupid. For 
> instance, given the choice, we will always choose to save our own 
> necks first." (OoP p. 437)


If Phineas is right, we really ought to give up all attempts to place
Sirius in Slytherin. Not that he's stupid, far from it, but he's brave
to the point of recklessness and he dies trying to save Harry's neck,
not his own. (I think Sirius's definition of "stupid" would clash with
his great-great-grandfather's.)

Carol