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

[horridporrid03]

No: HPFGUIDX 121730


>>Betsy:
<snip>
>Out of curiosity - has any Slytherin other than Draco been heard to 
use that word?<   

>>Nora:
>Young!Snape, in the Pensieve scene.  And while yes, he was under 
distress there, I think that JKR is broadly drawing our attention to 
a distinction between those who will use it, and those who won't.

<snip of an excellent post - go read it if you haven't already>

>I agree that we need a positive Slytherin; but I think that person
(s) will have to disavow the ideology of the current reigning clique 
in the House.<

Betsy:
I agree that the "good" Slytherin will have to disavow the pureblood 
ideology as Snape has done, but they cannot disavow their House.  
Otherwise, what would be the point?  I have to admit though, I'm 
starting to come round in my thinking a bit.  Perhaps Slytherin 
*does* represent what's wrong in the WW.  I cannot see the House as 
totally evil, but perhaps it is where the healing or cleansing needs 
to start.

Perhaps, because Salazar left the school, his House took his ideals 
and twisted them, just a bit at first, but as the centuries passed 
they got twisted more and more, until you ended up with Voldemort.  
As you pointed out in an earlier post, twisting Salazar's caution of 
outsiders (if that was what it was) wouldn't be too hard to do.  I 
still feel that Salazar himself was not evil.  I just cannot see it 
in a founder of Hogwarts.

Of course, if Slytherin needs to be healed, purified, whatever, that 
does give Draco Malfoy a better place in the running for "good" 
Slytherin.  After all, he'd need to be changed or whatever (I cannot 
think of a word that doesn't have blood-bigotry written all over it!) 
himself - so he really could symbolize the "new and improved" 
Slytherin.  (Plus, if Snape was able to get over his issues, why 
can't Draco?)    
 
Betsy