[HPforGrownups] Slytherin House again. Was: Re: Problem with OotP? (was: ...

[MadameSSnape at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 119069

In a message dated 12/1/2004 10:35:12 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
dumbledore11214 at yahoo.com writes:
It is a given that majority of Slytherin students becomes 
DE. 
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Sherrie here:

IS it a given?  Where in canon is that stated?  The only statement we have 
that I can recall is Hagrid's in PS/SS - "There's not a witch or wizard..." 
(Sorry, I'm about 6 hours away from my books, getting ready to take a licensing 
test as a guide in Gettysburg!)   Hagrid is given somewhat to hyperbole - not to 
mention that it was a Slytherin that got him bounced out of school on his 
bum, so he's a tad biased.  Not only that - but his statement is NOT that they 
all became DEs, but that they "went bad" - not necessarily one and the same 
thing.

While I accept the converse - that the majority of DEs are Slytherins 
(although we really have no canon evidence even for that), I'm not sure I agree that 
the majority of Slyths become DEs.  (Frankly, if I were Voldemort, I'm not 
sure I'd WANT a lot of Slytherins around me...they wouldn't make the most 
reliable servants!)  :-D

Sherrie
(who REALLY should be cramming...)
Sherrie


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