The two good Slytherins

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 176312

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Laura Lynn Walsh <lwalsh at ...> wrote:
>
> 
> On 2007, Aug 27, , at 11:49, eggplant107 wrote:
> 
> > Before book 7 people complained that JKR gave us no good Slytherin,
> > well now we have two, Snape and Slughorn.

Laura:
> I think we have three.  I would include Narcissa Malfoy as the
> third good Slytherin.  She has demonstrated her love for Draco
> over and over again - from not wanting him to go so far away
> to school (Durmstrang) to completely debasing herself to
> Snape and in the eyes of her sister to be willing to risk herself
> in Voldemort's eyes when she says that Harry is dead.
> 
> She also demontrates her love for her husband (schmuck
> that he is) by encouraging him to go along with Voldemort
> and give him his wand and allow old Voldy to make fun of
> the family.  She doesn't actively work for the "good" side of
> the wizarding world, but she does demonstrate strong
> love for her family.

Geoff:
I'd be inclined to present a case for the defence for Draco 
as number three and a half. OK, I know I've been wittering 
on about no one being beyond redemption but I have got a 
sneaky soft spot for the guy. 

You can book me into St.Mungo's later....

I still believe that the Tower scene in HBP was a tremendous 
epiphany for him. He suddenly discovers that killing someone 
isn't as simple as Voldemort seems to suggest. Perhaps his 
conscience is beginning to stir.

Certainly in all the scenes where he is in Voldemort's presence, 
he is unsettled, nervous almost frightened. He seems upset at 
what he is involved in. We see him in a most unexpected mode, 
trying to save his friends in the Room of Requirement and trying 
to make Crabbe see sense.

I would like to be able to know what happens in the succeeding 
years leading up to the scene at Kings Cross railway station in the 
epilogue. How has he got himself off the hook for his behaviour 
with the Death Eaters? Why do he and Harry acknowledge each 
other if only warily?

I shall watch the fanfic listings with interest.....