House characteristics (LONGish)

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 150843


> Pippin:
> Are you saying that nobody who believes in pureblood superiority
> can be called good? I thought we agreed that Regulus and Slughorn
> were flawed but good. Anyway I am not clear on how the Marauders
> can be flawed but good when they were endangering people with
> a werewolf and laughing about it, but Draco doesn't qualify.
> 
>  The Hat never says Slytherin is the house for those who think 
purebloods
> are superior.

Finwitch:

Not really -- but 'those whose blood is purest', was Slytherin's 
criteria. (I think it was in OOP). Ron commented that he had no idea 
Slytherin had began all that pure-blood stuff.

As for good/evil... well, guess not. What with the entire ancient 
Egyptian royalty, where the pharaoh was to marry his sister by 
custom in order to keep the royal blood 'pure'?

No, this 'bloodism' doesn't lead to 'evil' - incest would be a more 
accurate word, I'd say.

Finwitch