Zabini and Nott

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 91677

Koinonia wrote:
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Theodore Nott is indeed mentioned in the books but then he is seen in 
the company of Draco and we know his father and possibly his 
grandfather are DE's. He does seem more connected with the DE side of 
Slytherin. However, it is possible he is the thestral-boy and those 
DE activities don't excite him very much.

Carol:
I think he's with the other boys on this one occasion because all of
their fathers (except Goyle's) have just been arrested. But it doesn't
look as if he found a common bond with Draco and company. He doesn't
join their gang. After that one scene, he seems to go back to being a
loner. I just find him intriguing (of course, the resemblance to the
young Snape may have something to do with it as well). I just want to
find out more about him, and be very disappointed if he becomes a
close friend of Draco's. At least he doesn't appear to be a thug, and
both he and Blaise apparently cheered along with the Gryffindors when
Harry rode Buckbeak. (Even Pansy and Millicent seem to have forgotten
themselves for a moment and joined in the cheering. :-) It was only
Draco, Crabbe, and Goyle who refused to join in.)

Koinonia: 
I would like to think there are many kids in Slytherin who are good. 
Having said that, I don't want to  find out Sirius or James was a 
Slytherin. That crowd can stay in Gryffindor. I want to see some 
Slytherin comtemporaries of Snape who have been fighting evil. I'm 
hoping Draco can pull away from the influence of his father. Maybe 
I'm asking for too much.

Carol:
I agree on all counts, though I don't have much hope for Draco.

Koinonia:
Personally, I don't worry about flints and I don't stand around 
picking out those things which just don't seem to fit. I 
find it takes away from the joy of the books. However, it is a bit 
irritating that Harry wouldn't know who Theodore Nott was after all 
those years of having classes together. Still, I won't dwell on that 
part.

Carol:
Well, you know Harry. Absorbed in his own problems (he has enough of
them) and his friendships with Ron and Hermione. He doesn't really
seem interested in learning who anyone else is, especially not a
Slytherin. And it appears that no one speaks up in either of the
classes that the Gryffindors and the Slytherins have together (except
when he's complaining about whatever nasty beast they have to deal
with in CoMC) so he can't learn his classmates' names by hearing their
names called. The houses are IMO much too isolated from each other.
Now if Theo were on the quidditch team, Harry would at least know his
name!
 
Koinonia:
Well, the stringy-thestral-boy bears a resemblance to Snape and I
think there's a reason for that. I just want to know who it is. 

Carol:
Me, too. And I'm hoping that Book 6 will also answer at least *some*
of our questions about Snape himself. (At least we know he survives
into Book 7!)

Carol