No progress for Slytherin? (Was: Slytherins: selfish, not evil)

[juli17 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 173142

 
Magpie wrote:

I mean,  the Hat was preaching unity for two books in canon and it 
didn't have any  effect except for the other three houses to be 
united. Even Hermione  didn't start reaching out to Slytherin. They 
encapsulate the not generous  or noble qualities, but not actively 
working for this union was exactly  what I thought was going to 
happen in the book but  didn't.



Julie:
This is exactly why I do find the lack of resolution on House unity to be a  
real
flaw in DH. This is from my perspective of course. We were told several  times
throughout the earlier books that Unity of the Houses was necessary for  
Hogwarts
to survive and prosper, or words to such effect. Not only from the Sorting  
Hat but
from Dumbledore. There is even Dumbledore's remark to Snape about  students
perhaps being sorted to soon (honestly I'm not 100% sure what to make of  that
remark, but I'll still use it as an indication that the subject of sorting  
and whether
it is truly in the students' best interests was still on the table even in  
DH). 

Then the *entire* Slytherin table deserts Hogwarts. Ouch. That really  hurt 
when
I read it. I will agree that Harry telling little AlSev that being sorted  
into Slytherin
wasn't a bad thing is a tiny step in the right direction. But very, very  
tiny. I really
wanted a payoff on the whole House Unity issue. And we got essentially  nada.
 
Again my opinion,
 
Julie
 
 



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