Slytherin House again. Was: Re: Problem with OotP? (was: Pampering)

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> Renee:
> <snip>
> I'd really like to see some Slytherins who are a contemporaries 
> of the Trio, are able to explain in a satisfactory way what they 
> think is good about Slytherin, wouldn't want to be in any other 
> house, but still join the DA and/or are shown to be anti-Voldemort.

Neri:
We perhaps have a sort of such person who didn't make it into canon. 
I'm talking about Mafalda (Weasley?) who was edited out of GoF. JKR 
tells us something about her in:
http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/extrastuff_view.cfm?id=3

According to the above link, Mafalda was supposed to be "the most 
unpleasant child Mrs. Weasley has ever met". She's "nosy, 
eavesdropping Slytherin who likes to impress, she does not keep her 
mouth shut when she overhears their sons and daughters talking". So 
she's certainly NOT "nice". However, she's also gifted enough to 
be "a match for Hermione", and perhaps she doesn't believe in the 
pureblood ideology since her father is a stockbroker and she had 
spent the summer with the Weasleys, so she might qualify as "good".

OK, I know this is not much, but the seekers of the mythical "good 
Slytherin" can't be too picky, and Mafalda perhaps proves that JKR 
doesn't reject the possibility of a good Slytherin completely.

Neri