The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Slytherin

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 91463

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.

Carol:

I also thought of McGonagall when I read the line about lacking the
ability to behave herself. Think about the Gryffindors who couldn't
behave themselves and were not made prefects--notably the Weasley
twins (can you see both of them with badges, or one with a badge and
the other without?) and also (if you believe that MWPP were in
Gryffindor) Sirius and James, who were always in detention. It's
almost a Gryffindor trait to be mischievous and I think Tonks would
have been right at home. OTOH, since she has a cheerful disposition
and seems to get along well with everybody, I can also see her in
Huffleppuff. Definitely not in Ravenclaw, and probably not in
Slytherin, since she doesn't seem to be ambitious or cunning and would
have found the pureblood prejudice annoying given her Muggle-born
father. The more I think about it, the more I'm certain that, like
most of JKR's favorite characters (not necessarily my own favorites),
she was a Gryffindor.

Carol