good and bad slytherins/Disappointment and Responsibility

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 174998

> Pippin:
> We should take heart,
> JKR seems to be saying, from brief glimpses of how things could be:
> the chastened wizard, Fudge, led forward by the goblin and the house
> elf at the end of OOP. Or the moment in DH when "nobody was sitting 
> according to House anymore." Including Draco Malfoy.
 
> Magpie:
> I believe Draco Malfoy is huddled with his parents not being
> bothered, but not part of the celebration.

Jen: I don't get why the state of the Malfoys matters there.  They're 
in the Great Hall and not fleeing to the hills, a huge change from 
being in the forest with Voldemort only hours before.  This is an 
example of the weakness in the argument for the cast-off Slytherins.  
When Slytherins are notable for contributing to the defeat of 
Voldemort, it has no bearing on the story.  When Pansy Parkinson and 
all the Slytherins leave the Great Hall, that's deeply significant.  
Examples are good except when they aren't, and it's a movable feast as 
to which ones matter.