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

[potioncat]

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> Alla:
> 
> I have a feeling that Theo will be Slytherin from core to core, 
just 
> more independent thinker than many and that is what IMO we need 
for 
> Slytherin, someone not to follow the croud.


Potioncat:
I snipped a very interesting conversation.  Do go upthread and read 
it if you haven't.

Alla, are you saying Theo will be as "bad" as the other Slytherins, 
just more independent or are you saying he won't hold the Pure-blood 
ideology?

My thoughts on Slytherin House....taking several steps back and 
looking at this as a work of fiction,  OK?

  The author could be writing a story in which part of what she does 
is show the value of courage and the danger of ambition.  She does 
that by having the Gryffindors be kind and good and victorious in 
all they do while the Slytherins are cruel and slimey and generally 
defeated in their efforts. (I'm over simplifying this)

Or the author could be showing us the dangers of stereotyping a 
group by setting us up to think the Slytherins are all bad, but then 
has someone surprising or several someones show up as not what we 
expected. 

And given that most of JKR's characters are teens and teens often 
sort others into groups, this could be what she is doing. After all, 
did anyone expect the Hogwarts champion to come from Hufflepuff?

Potioncat