"Slytherin" Hermione? (was Re: The Beetle At Bay)

[Diana_Sirius_fan]

No: HPFGUIDX 112187

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at m...> 
wrote:
> Theotokos:
> >  
> > Hermione is courageous.  Courage isn't necessarily nicey-nice.  
To 
> be clever 
> > and strategic is not necessarily to be cunning.
> > 
> 
> Potioncat:
> Does that imply that to be cunning is bad?  My dictionery says 
> cunning: skillful in cheating or tricking.  Ok, so Slytherins cheat 
> and Gryffindors trick?  
> 
> If we agree that Hermione's treatment of Rita was justified, does 
> that make it any less cunning?  My point in saying Hermione has 
> Slytherin traits is to say that Slytherin traits aren't always bad.

People are very complex. If you think about it, Hermione has traits 
of every single house.  She is very loyal to HP and RW, which is a 
Hufflepuff trait. She is courageous (Gryffindor), cunning (Slytherin) 
and very smart (Ravenclaw). She could have been chosen for any house. 
She showed more Gryffindor traits than any other so she was put in 
that house.  

Diana