Slughorn a dead end topic?

[prep0strus]

No: HPFGUIDX 137903

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "hickengruendler" 
> Hickengruendler:
> 
> What about Harry? The Hat wanted to send him into Slytherin. Okay, 
> Harry chose Gryffindor in the end. But nonetheless, as the Hat said, 
> he would have done well in Slytherin. And even though it was meant as 
> a contrast to Tom Riddle's choice, Harry still showed many Slytherin 
> traits during the books, (as did Hermione, by the way), and many of 
> them helped him in his adventures or even in his daily routine.

Yeah, I phrased that badly as well... maybe some characters COULD be in 
Slytherin, but they aren't.  No appealing character IS in Slytherin.  
Slytherin qualities are one thing, but to BE in Slytherin in JKR's 
world, it seems being unpleasant is more important that blood lineage, 
ambition, or cunning. We've been told Harry could've been in Slytherin, 
but we haven't been shown a character we're meant to really like that 
is actually IN Slytherin.

And while I agree with most of what you said about Slughorn, I still 
don't like him as a person (as a character, I do).  He's not evil, and 
he's not even 'mean' exactly.  But he's not the kind've guy that I want 
to be friends with - or that Harry wants to associate with. A self 
important, elitist oaf. (IMO).

I babbled on a little bit more about what I meant about a nice 
Slytherin in another post along this thread (name changed, I believe, 
to something about the importance of houses)

~Prep0strus