Of Sorting and Snape

[sistermagpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 175750

> Pippin:
> 
> > Grimmauld Place cheerful and welcoming 
> > once it has been restored
> 
> houyhnhnm:
What I wanted was one clear, strong metaphor 
> showing the potential of the Slytherin nature (not some 
> trying-too-hard Lovegoodesque flight of fancy about the 
> Delacours).  I think the transformation of 12 GP is 
> that metaphor and I missed it.  That *was* my favorite 
> part of the book, though.  I'm going to have to go back 
> and read it again.

Magpie:
The Slytherins of Grimmauld Place are all dead and the house, which 
our heroes waged war against and scrubbed and disinfected is now 
quite cozy. That doesn't say anything positive about the Slytherin 
nature to me. It says how nice their houses can be when they've been 
taken over by better people. It just seems like I'm seeing a pattern 
here where any chance of getting what you're talking about is avoided 
by being diverted onto something less difficult.

-m