Disappointment and Responsibility (was Re: Requiescat in Pace: Unforgivables)

[houyhnhnm102]

No: HPFGUIDX 175130

Debbie:

> It's a slow process that can be fully accomplished 
> by building up a new generation that wasn't raised 
> on the old prejudices, for while Harry intellectually 
> understands this, so that he can endorse Slytherin 
> house as an appropriate house for his son, his 
> relationship with Slytherins of his own generation 
> will never be more than formally cordial; there's 
> too much water under the bridge. It's up to the 
> Albus/Rose/Scorpius generation to do that, and the 
> epilogue contains just enough hints to allow us to 
> believe, if we choose, that this can be accomplished.

houyhnhnm:

We can choose, for instance, to imagine Albus Severus 
making a friend on the train who gets sorted into 
Slytherin and deciding that's where he wants to be, too.  
He has his father's blessing and promise of support.