[HPforGrownups] Who is in Slytherin?/Thestrals/Karkaroff/Kreacher

[Carolina]

No: HPFGUIDX 81534

#81522 Who is in Slytherin by Liz Hildebrandt: 
> We've seen only a few Slytherin characters and so far
> everyone who is cunning, ambitious, and ruthless also
> happens to be pureblood, nasty, and racist.  

> So what does make up a Slytherin?  Who is chosen?  

I found this post by chance, #51271 (by Eileen), you may like it, 
and its replies. 

It gives a series of reasons to like Slytherin or to be sorted into 
it, without being a racist. Including:

The word Slytherin sounds cool.
Green and Silver may be your favourite colors.
There's people cunning and ambitious at eleven.
If you can't stand some Gryffindor characters, is easy ending 
apreciating their opponents.

I'll add you can just love serpents.

#81524  **Laura Ingalls Huntley: (replying to Iggy's 81514) -An 
intro and a long...

<<Re: the part of your post about thestrals....I have four words for 
you.

Go. Read. The. FAQ.>>

Being picky, we should add that seeing death must be a figure of 
speech, because, as (sorry don't remember who) someone pointed out, 
Harry didn't see Cedric die. He had his eyes closed due to intense 
scar pain. 

#81517 Karkaroff (was Re: Death Eaters) by James Sharman

Bookworm:
> Karkaroff is still a mystery to me.  If he was a coward...  What 
did Karkaroff do after Voldemort's first defeat that 
might anger Voldemort?  <snip> >>>

James replied:
>He sold out other Death Eaters to gain his own freedom. Remember 
the Pensieve scene in DD's office.

I just wanted an excuse to play with Karkaroff mistery. I don't 
think he is dead, to start. I'll try to add one and one.

Durstram teaches Dark Arts. 
Bulgarian wizards study at D.
Romania is really close to Bulgaria (think they have common 
frontier) and home-base of Vampires.
Hermione still writes to Victor.
Charlie has easy access to the area, too. 
Dumbledore has not expressed concerns about Vampires.

I think we have place for a complete off-screen subplot here, just 
imagining what a ff writer could do with all this.

#81520 "Kreacher" by Lucchaser:
<<... they should just kill him off, .... So, that way we wouldn't 
have any problems of Kreacher running off telling everyone secrets 
and things.>>

<<p.s. I'm feeling a little evil today and Kreacher makes me sick.>>

:) No, no, no, don't kill him. He can still be of use use in this 
Spy war, we don't know what false information he has been given, 
and I think his betrayal was expected, Keacher at any point tried 
to sell the image that his loyalty was with the Order, or at least 
my impression is he was depicted clearly as a classism lover, 
mudblood hater.

Then, personally I think Kreacher is very funny, as Sirius mother 
portrait. But hey, Dobby and Winky make me sick.

silmariel