Of Sorting and Snape

[houyhnhnm102]

No: HPFGUIDX 175755

Magpie:

> 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.

houyhnhnm:

Those same people had previously lived in the house for 
a year to no effect.  They waged war on the house and 
the house won.  But when Harry spoke to it in a language 
it could understand--he made a *gracious* gesture to 
Kreacher (his motive doesn't matter)--the house changed.  
I like it--as a metaphor.