The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Slytherin

[dorapye]

No: HPFGUIDX 91417

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, melody leong 
<makaidoggie at y...> wrote:
> cubfanbudwoman <susiequsie23 at s...> wrote:
> > > Whizbang writes:
> > >  I suspect the good slytherin is Tonks.  At the prefect party 
> when 
> > > asked if she had been a prefect, she answered that her head of 
> > >house said that she lacked certain necessary qualities.
> > > Ginny asks, "Like what?"
> > > "Like the ability to behave myself."   Sounds like Snape might 
> > >have been her head of house. 
> 
> Siriusly Snapey Susan says:
> That's interesting, because when I read that line--"Like the 
ability 
> to behave myself"--I can easily hear McGonagall saying it, as well!
> 
> Melz:
> 
> I agree with Susan... I've never really given it too much thought, 
but I had assume that Tonks was from Gryfindor.
> 
> This is only my opinion, but I kind of think Tonks is too... 
cheerful for a Slytherin.

dorapye:
To Whizbang, I agree it does sound like something Snape might say, 
however, we know that Tonks's dad Ted Tonks was Muggleborn, so would 
she have been selected for Slytherin, as a half-blood?

To Siriusly Snapey Susan and Melz, yes, I agree, this could equally 
be a McGonagall quote, making Tonks a Gryffindor. But JKR 
deliberately leave us guessing.

I think the Good Slytherin (I too hope to see one emerge in the next 
book) will need to be in Harry's generation, at the school, in order 
for the impact of a good Slyth to be felt personally by Harry (a 
compatriot of Draco on his side).  Like Carol, and others, I'm 
betting it will be Theo Nott, just to make things more complicated 
and challenging for Harry and the readers.

dorapye