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

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> HunterGreen:
> I think Slytherins too often get seen as the "evil house" (although 
I 
> don't think that Susana necessarily sees it that way). Personally, 
I 
> think that being ambitious and driven is not evil at all, its not 
> even a bad trait (I know I could use a bit more of it). However, 
(IMO 
> only, feel free to disagree), I think a lot of that bias comes from 
> the way the books are written. The only "good Slytherin" we've seen 
> is Snape, and he's a horrible example, because he went off and 
became 
> a Death Eater. JKR thinks that courage/bravery is a very important 
> trait (I know I read an interview or quote from her at one point 
> where she says that almost exactly...I think it was on her website 
> somewhere). The main character and his two best friends are from 
> Gryffindor. Sirius, James, Lily, Lupin and Hagrid were all from 
> Gryffindor (and most likely Dumbledore too). Many of us are waiting 
> for the "good Slytherin" to come around and break the stereotype, 
but 
> is that person really coming? JKR has been dismayed to see fansite 
> author's who align themself with the Slytherin house, does *she* 
see 
> it as the evil house? Because there's nothing in the traits that 
> points to "evil" (certainly being 'clever' could lead to evilness 
as 
> much as ambition). 
> However, it doesn't really matter if the good Slytherin never 
appears 
> in the books, or if JKR really does think that Gryffindor is the 
best 
> house. There's still enough gray there for readers to draw their 
own 
> conclusions about which house is "best" (personally, I think its 
> Hufflepuff).


Alla:

I agree 100% that JKR seems to write the books as if she does not 
like Slytherin House at all and you are correct - this quote about 
Gryffindor being her favourite house is in FAO on her website.

I said many many times - I have absolutely NO problem with her 
portraying Slytherin ideology as an evil one, because I feel that it 
is (personally I was extremely happy when answering the question on 
the websiteabout half-bloods , mudbloods, etc., she drew reality 
connections with Nazi treatment of jews. Now I can at least be sure 
that author intended for Slytherin prejudice to be reality-based so 
to speak)

But I do have problems qualifying eleven year olds as potential Death 
Eaters. I think it is a very, very primitive qualification and way 
too early in life.

Having said all that, I do hope that good Slytherin is coming, 
because without him/her there is not enough grey for me in Slytherin 
House to classify it on the same level with other three.

Yes, we can imagine that good Slytherin exist, but that is not 
enough. I want to see fully developed characters, not just say that 
they may be there.