Salazar’s Separation & the Chamber of Secrets (was Re:The Falling-Out of the Fou

[kempermentor]

No: HPFGUIDX 126023


Valky wrote (huge snip):
I think Salazar was most likely a good person (his friends loved him 
and mourned his leaving), but his love of ambition unbalanced his 
path in life (he created the chamber of secrets and he lost himself 
in murderous intent).


Kemper now:  

I don't see Salazar as an ambitious man.  How many ambitious men in 
the world want to become teachers?  He was a teacher who didn't 
wanted to teach Muggleborns.  What's wrong with that?  Gordic didn't 
want to teach cowards.  Rowena didn't want to teach dumb-dumbs.  Why 
is no one having a fit about that discrimination?  The founders were 
teaching for years and knew about each others' preferences, and they 
obviously worked something out prior to the falling out, because all 
the students were being taught (thanks Helga).  So, again, what's 
wrong with wanting to teach purebloods?  Is it because it's 
xenophobic or maybe nepotistic?  But then is wanting to teach only 
the courageous wrong because of its narrow-minded favoritism towards 
a single personality trait?  Is wanting to teach only the smart kids 
intellectual elitism?

I also don't see his murderous intent.  Did Salazar set the Basilisk 
on Muggleborns or anyone for that matter?  


I think Salazar built the Chamber as a refuge.  Maybe Salazar kept it 
from the others in case one of the students or Founders accidentally 
walked in to say hello only to be bitten or stared at by a Basilisk 
because he didn't close the Chamber all the way.  I don't know.

I also speculate that when Salazar left, he didn't go running around 
whispering into ears, "Hey
 there's this room in Hogwarts that I 
built
 I call it the Chamber of Secrets."  No.  I think it went more 
like this
 

"Yeah
 I got this shield that makes a reverberating sound when a 
powerful spell hits it, but I left it in a room at a school for 
witchcraft and wizardry along with some other cool stuff
 no, I'm not 
going to say what the other stuff is
 and no, I don't want to go back 
and get it.  It would be awkward.  I'm just going to leave it there 
for some kid to find, that is.. if they can get past the security 
system 
  No, it's not a monster that goes around killing all the 
people I don't trust
. You'll like this, the security system is a 
language barrier
 yeah, so the kid will have to be like me."  

When you take out the boring parts, you're left with the ingredients 
of a tasty legend:  Chamber of Secrets, monster, Heir of Slytherin.

Kemper