Slytherins and Rebels (was Re: Percy Weasley - A Death Eater)

[AyanEva]

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Steve/bboyminn said:

> Now the tricky part, people love outlaws, and people hate rule 
> loving prudes. There is an old country and western song that 
> goes, 'Ladies love outlaws like babies love stray dogs, and 
> ladies take to outlaws like a banker takes to gold...'. If you 
> don't think that's true then explain why so many fans are 
> enamored with Draco and why so many fans are drawn to Slytherin 
> house?

AyanEva:

Oh, here I go with thread offshoots again...Sorry, this is another
thing that I worked out when I was half asleep last night (right 
along with the Van Gogh bit), Steve just reminded me of it.

I wouldn't say that all Slytherin/Draco fans are fans because they
like rebels. Take me, for instance. I can't believe that an entire
house can be bad. Even if we never see it, there has to be at least
one decent kid in there. That ALL Slytherins would be bad, just
wouldn't make any sense. So, I kind of root for Slytherin for a 
couple of reasons.

1) As long as there's the possibilty of one good Slytherin kid, I
can't give up on the entire house. If I were actually at Hogwarts,
dismissing the whole of Slytherin as bad would only serve to 
alienate all Slytherins, INCLUDING the one good kid and I'd lose my chance at making inroads to form any sort of less contentious relationship. I think this may have already happened and that's partly why Snape overcompensates by favoring his house. I need that one kid and I'm gonna find him because he could be the difference between the Slytherins all going bad or at least some of them making the right decision and going good. If I'm fighting Voldie, I need bodies and I don't particularly care what house they're from.

2) The second reason kind of ties into the first. I feel bad for the
Slytherins. Half of them, with slightly maniacal parents, already 
got short changed growing up. Now they get to school, only to get 
the short end of the stick for the second time as a result of my 
first point. So, while I don't agree with most of the Slytherin philosophy, I do feel some empathy for them because it's really all they know and it only gets reinforced by how others treat them. They're not really granted the opportunity to grow and change because they're typecast as soon as they get to Hogwarts.

3) I like Draco because, once again, I feel bad for him because of
reason number two. I think if someone moves now, it might not be too
late to steer him to the good side. It's sad because I don't think
anyone will make any sort of effort. It's always, "Slytherins are 
bad and that's that." When it should be, "Everyone has the potential to do good, I should at least make an effort to sway a few folks." The move really should've been made before his father was jailed. Like, since his first year at Hogwarts. Same for all of the Slytherin students.

So, for me it's not really the rebel thing at all. It's a sense that
things are slightly out of kilter and it's partly the fault of
Wizarding society. It's just me hanging on to my little desire for
things to change, just a bit.


AyanEva