Pansy/ Re: House characteristics

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 150657


> > > Alla:
> <SNIP>
but what is so BAD about Pancy Parkinson that she does not 
> want   the girls to be like her, except that Pancy is in Slytherin 
> House?

Pippin:
Pansy judges people by their looks. Neville isn't
just a little crybaby, he's a fat little crybaby. Hermione has teeth
like a chipmunk and she's plain, in Pansy's estimation, so the 
only way she could attract a catch like Viktor would be a love
potion. 

I think JKR was simply hoping that her daughters would try to
look beyond appearances the way Hermione does and not
judge others, or themselves, by how attractive they are. 

Alla:
<snip>, but I  don't think anybody would be able to convince me 
that we saw flawed  but GOOD characters in Slytherin house so far.
 I mean, among the  adults we have whom .... Regulus and Slughorn? 
I deliberately leave  out Snape of course, since to me his loyalties are.... 
how we put  it  questionable?
> 
> But forget about adults, because IMO kids are what matters and among 
> the Gryffindors we of course have Trio, Neville. Dean Thomas, 
> Seamus, Ginny, Twins, etc.... and among Slytherins we have whom? 

Pippin:
Why shouldn't Slughorn or Regulus be described as flawed but good?
I think flawed but good is exactly the way Dumbledore would describe
Draco, don't you? "Come over to the right side, Draco..." what good
would it be to urge  Draco to choose right if he hasn't got the moral
sense to know what right is?

Alla:
> Right, so I just think that JKR gave us more confirmation that at 
> the end ( if the Houses will stand, I always said and still do that 
> IMO Houses will dissappear by assimilating good qualities of each 
> other and minimising bad ones, thus achieving real unity of 
> Hogwarts) Slytherin house will be the house of one or two "good" 
> students at most and by "good" I sure don't mean perfect, but those 
> who will fight with Harry at the end.

Pippin:
Now I am confused. How can, or maybe the question is, why should,
Slytherin House be assimilated if only one or two of its students are
good? On the other hand, if most of them are good, why should
they not be allowed the freedom to find their own path?

Pippin