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

[huntergreen_3]

No: HPFGUIDX 112413

Magda wrote:
>>But Phineas Nigellus points out that Slytherins are brave too but
they save their own necks first. A dead hero is no good to anyone,
least of all himself. Would someone from another house say that the
flipside of Gryffindor bravery is Gryffindor bravado? Or would a
Slytherin say that in his house you don't rush into a situation
without having a back-up plan for getting out again? Or before you
examine all the possibilities in a given situation? Like what if
Sirius isn't being tortured and it's a trap?<<

HunterGreen:
Or say thinking what will happen to you if your enemy is lured into a 
trap by you and eaten by a werewolf? (or the many other times Sirius 
doesn't stop to think about his own welfare, and ends up causing 
problems for other people in the process). Gryffindors aren't the 
best at *planning*, they act with their hearts more often than 
anything else. There are two other houses for people who think things 
out (Slytherin and Ravenclaw). Harry very often doesn't think out his 
plans, and perhaps if he did have more concern for his own welfare, 
it would *force* him to think things out a little more. 

I would say that Snape definitely thinks that Slytherins are full of 
bravado, and probably from, time to time, students from other houses 
have thought this about Gryffindors...some of them too tend to be 
rather demonstrative. Look at Fred and George, or Sirius and James 
(or even Harry when he's in a bad mood).