Slughorn "clearly good"?

[heathrawlings]

No: HPFGUIDX 137980

Alla: 
> He did not want to join and that qualifies him as at least not a bad 
> guy in my eyes.
> 
> He did not have a strength of character to join OOP and fight? Oh 
> well, at least he never embraced them in the first place ( as far as 
> we know)
> 

Well, yes, you're right in that he doesn't have time in service to 
Lord Voldemort to repent, and thus shouldn't be subject to demands 
from anyone, even the side of good. After all, the average wizard in 
the street, and as Harry points out, most of the teachers at Hogwarts, 
don't fight for the order. It doesn't make them bad or evil or even 
not clearly good characters - they just aren't the heroes.

But I disagree in that - as I stated earlier - I think Slughorn knows 
he has *something* to repent for (giving Tom that horrible info), and 
that plays at least a small role in his decision to return. And plus, 
he's a pompous kind of guy and doesn't appear to have love for any 
dark wizard, so going somewhere where he'll be well protected, but 
still seen by his presence there as making a declaration against the 
evil side, would suit him perfectly, I think.

Heathrawlings