Deathly Hallows Reaction - Could do Better, Sorry

[Lexa_C]

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> randomfrog26:
> 
> In general, the "good" Slyths were probably motivated by personal 
> reasons to choose the side of good - Snape by his love for Lily, 
> Regulus by personal horror at the evil of Voldemort and affection for 
> Kreacher, (possibly) Andromeda overcoming her family's ingrained pure-
> blood prejudice because her love for Ted, Phineas's horror at the 
> death of Sirius Black, his last living descendant, Slughorn's 
> affection for Lily persuading him to give Harry the memory. But so 
> what? They may not be as "noble" as Gryffs in the reasons for their 
> choices, but their choices to work for good were theirs to make and 
> should reflect positively on them.


I also found these kinds of choices very realistic as a motivation for turning away from evil 
and prejudice - it can be easy to talk about how horrible and dirty Those Undesirables 
Over There are, and how what we do to them is justified, when you're surrounded by 
people who think and talk like that all the time so that it seems normal. But when you 
know one of Those Undesirables and see them as a person and *care* about them  ... 
that's when you start to see the impact of the words and actions you've been parrotting 
and mimicking. It's not abstract anymore. And then it becomes a whole different ballgame, 
one that's a lot less easy to accept.

-Alexa