Salazar & Slytherin(was Re: Draco and Slytherin House (was: Harsh Morality)

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 121539


Alla wrote:
"Isn't "quality" a neutral word? "

Del replies:
It can be, or it can be used in a positive way. Unfortunately, there's
no way to know how DD meant it for sure :-)

Alla wrote:
"And I am not quite sure that Harry has 50/50 inner Gryff and inner 
Slyth.

As Hanna pointed out Hat did NOT even mention Slytherin at all, till 
Harry started begging not to be put in there.
Who knows, maybe Hat was just having fun with him, asessing how well 
he would do in the other Houses, and of course everybody ahs some
qualities of different houses in himself/herself, otherwise it would
be even more simplistic personalities division than I think it is now.

I am just not sure Harry has it 50/50. Personally I think that he 
will turn out to be mainly Gryffindor, but it is JMO, of course."

Del replies:
First, we do know that some people are indisputably one House, because
there are people the Hat Sorts almost instantly.

For Harry, on the other hand, the Hat itself pointed out, both during
the Sorting and in CoS, that Harry was hard to place. If he had been
mostly Gryffindor, I doubt the Hat would have had any hesitation,
especially since Harry *wanted* to go to Gryffindor, and since at
least one of his parents was a Gryffindor.

Moreover, in CoS, the Hat not only repeats that Harry was hard to
Sort, but it also repeats that Harry would have done well in
Slytherin. Conidering that Harry used it to try and relieve his own
doubts and fears about whether he was supposed to be a Slytherin or
not, I'd say it would be a *very* cruel joke on the Hat's part to
pretend again that Harry has a strong Slytherin side if he doesn't.
Considering that the Hat was Godric Gryffindor's, such cruelty would
make me reconsider the supposed goodness of Gryffindor.

Del