The good Slytherin

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 130904

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Karen Barker"
<karenabarker at y...> wrote:
> I keep reading about 'the good slytherin' and just wondered where 
> this came from.  Is it something Jo has said (I can't find anything) 
> or is it just a myth?
> 
> ...edited..
> 
> Karen

bboyminn:

First some of us just logically conclude that regardless of what Ron
and Hagrid say, all Slytherins can't be bad. Remember, we only see a
very very few of them, and logically that's because they never cause
Harry any trouble. So, by extension, most Slytherins while ambitious
and cunning, are simply kids like any others, just trying to get
throught school.

Next, the Sorting Hat brought up the theme of the Houses needing to
Unite. For that to happen, there has to be some Slytherins willing to
join in.

Most have speculated that Theodore Knot will be at least one of the
'Good Slytherins'.

Here are some past links I found in one of my index files-

Date:  Thu Mar 18, 2004  3:48 pm
Subject:  Switching houses
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/93350
Indirectly touches on the 'Good Slytherin' subject.

Date:  Fri Feb 20, 2004  8:00 am
Subject:  The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/91320
Nice long thread that touches on several aspects of the latest book
including the Good Slytherin.

Date:  Fri Nov 14, 2003  1:43 am
Subject:  Re: The Good Slytherin - Stringy & Weedy
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/84984
Discusses who likely candidate are for the Good Slytherin. Subject
line refers to the books describing one Slytherin as 'weedy' and
another one as 'stringy'.

Date:  Thu Nov 13, 2003  1:22 am
Subject:  What the Sorting Hat REALLY Said, and The Good Slytherin.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/84899
Discussion of whether Harry said he wants to be Gryffindor or if he
simply said 'not Slytherin'. Additional thought on the Good Slytherin.
Started with a discussion of the Sorting Hat and how it works.

Date:  Wed Jul 16, 2003  10:27 pm
Subject:  Thestrals and Slytherins
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/71039
Starts as a discussion of the 'stringy' Slytherin who could see the
Thestral and quickly switches to this title "Good Slytherin (Was: Re:
Thestrals and Slytherins)".

Hope that helps.

Steve/bboyminn