Bad news ... for Slytherins- The Good Slytherin

[Steve]

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "a_reader2003"
<carolynwhite2 at a...> wrote:
> Well, JKR's own site doesn't hold out much hope for all those 
> desperately trying to find the 'good Slytherin', what with:
> 
> ...edited...
> 
> -Theodore Nott, a clever loner, Malfoy's equal socially, and
> superior intellectually who sees no need to join gangs. Sounds a bit
> like a younger Snape, and not very likely to join the DA either. 
> 
> ...edited...
> 
> Carolyn

bboy_mn:

Exactly how does this new information about Theodore Nott cancel out
or diminish the possibility of a 'Good Slytherin'. In my view, the new
information re-enforces the likelihood that T. Nott is indeed the Good
Slytherin.

Theodore Nott has never been part of Draco's crowd. He is clearly far
too intelligent and  independant to be one of Draco's 'hanger ons'. He
doesn't seem like someone to be swayed by Death Eater dogma and
rhetoric. He strikes me, from the limited information we have, as
being someone who is capable of independant thinking, and able to make
up his own mind.

I have always thought that any intelligent person in the wizard world,
that is, any person not blinded by lust for power and greed, should be
able to see that Voldemort, while rich and powerful, would be a
totally incompetent leader of the wizard world. Regimes like this
always follow the same path, they sieze power with power, then
maintain their hold on that power by ever more escalating oppressive
applications of power until their world becomes completely disfunctional.

With Voldemort as ruler, I see commerce and economy in chaos and ruin,
and that does not bode well for an ambitious young Slytherin who plans
on getting rich.

So, I can see Theodore Nott joining the DA Club. Not because he is a
great Harry or Dumbledore supporter, but because he can see the chaos
that is coming and wants to be able to defend himself. In addition, he
turns away from, or does not openly support, nor openly defy,
Voldemort. In the long run, and more so, in the back ground, he works
against the Death Eaters because he know that Dumbledore winning works
to his best advantage. It's in Dumbledore's world that real long
lasting fortunes and economic power are to be had.

Ok, admittedly, I've filled in the blanks with a lot of speculation,
but my point is that I see nothing in this new information that
excludes Theodore Nott from being the Good, or at least, an OK
Slytherin. For me personally, I now lean more toward T.Nott than I did
before. Previously, my money was on Blaize Zabini. 

In the book, we only see a few Slytherins who seem truly loyal to
Draco, the rest seem content to mind their own business, although,
they still laugh at Draco's jokes. But then, knowing Draco and his
father as they do, while they may not cultivate a friendship, they
certainly would go out of their way not to get on his bad side. You
don't need Draco for a friend, but more so, you REALLY REALLY don't
want him as an enemy.

Just a few thoughts.

bboy_mn