The Sorting Hat (Was: The permanent problem with Slytherin House)

[Silverthorne]

No: HPFGUIDX 99426

> 'Said Slytherin, "We'll just teach those whose ancestry is purest...
> For instance, Slytherin
> Took only pure-blood wizards
> Of great cunning, just like him...'


Silverthorne:

*Small rant and a bit of disillusionment*

Now that I've had *that* rude little awakening...I have to say that I
honestly *do* believe JKR is shooting herself in the foot--if we're to
believe that this *is* one of the absolute criteria the Hat is using for
Slytherin...that means she really *has* set up the House, as a whole, to be
'evil'...no wonder she doesn't understand fans identifyng with it--they
bought into her whole 'Looks aren't everything' thing and applied it even to
the House that it should not be applied to,  if we're following the hats
(her) rules.

What happened to "The Label isn't Everything?" Everyone but Slyth house is
permitted that excuse, I guess....

Well, I guess now I'll have to wait until JKR really *does* pull a
non-bigoted Slytherin out of her hat (Since there's enough ambiguity to
Snape that we can't say with complete impunity that he isn't Salazar's
'ideal'...)

Thanks JKR...you couldn't just leave it be with the rumors?

(Now feeling *very* annoyed and unhappy and disillusioned...*sigh*)

Anne/Silverthorne
Who believes far more in individual choice then determining a person by
placing them in a box....