Slytherin House : evil ? (was : Cheering on Harry )

[Dawn]

No: HPFGUIDX 101228

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at m...> 
wrote:

 Alla wrote:
 
> > And Hat could have its ulteriour motives wanting to place Harry 
> > there. I don't know- changing Slytherin House for the better from 
> > inside?
 
 
 Potioncat:

> The Sorting Hat said Slytherin would make him great.  Can anyone 
> work out how that would have played?  I cannot imagine Harry Potter 
> in the Slytherin dorm with Draco, Crabbe and Goyle.  Especially 
> with Snape as the Head of House.

Dawn replies:

But did the hat really WANT to put Harry in Slytherin?  I thought 
that when the hat was placed on his head, Harry started 
saying "Please not Slytherin."  That's when the hat started telling 
him about how he could be great there.  But I don't believe that it 
is said whether the hat actually WANTED to put him there.  
Dawn