Slytherins and Werewolves (was:Snape vs Lupin/UK vs. US

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No: HPFGUIDX 170570

> >>Magpie:
> <snip>
> I was totally pleased to see some of those fanon touches in the way 
> Slytherin was presented in HBP--Snape had his wine and bookcases,   
> Draco was not only emo but when Harry walked into the Slytherin    
> compartment there's super sexy Blaise (the son of a woman who mates 
> and kills!) and Draco draping himself across Pansy's lap in a       
> frankly sexual pose, with more open sexual talk--just a whole      
> different approach to the subject ("You're so hard to please,      
> Blaise..."). I find myself hoping that if they do this scene in the
> movie the Slytherin compartment will be accompanied by sitar music 
> or something.

Betsy Hp:
Hee! Which immediately makes me picture Draco as Captain Kirk in that 
lounge with the dancing green lady.  Which yeah, Draco is not Kirk, 
though oh my goodness he'd so enjoy playing him!  That getting chased 
by a helicopter is a classic Captain Kirk type story, and I'll stop. 
<g>

But yes, while Gyffindors play guess how many meat pies I can stuff 
in my mouth, the Slytherins are playing Seven Minutes in Heaven.  And 
the differences there do, I think, point out how not completely crazy 
the Vampire!Snape theories were.

And oddly enough, especially with their quidditch team, I get the 
sense that boys and girls hang together a bit more freely in 
Slytherin than in Gryffindor.  I mean, Pansy seemed much more one of 
the guys (her comments to Blaise) than Hermione ever has.  Maybe 
because Hermione is more like a mom?

> >>Magpie:
> > <snip>
> > I wonder if there's something that works in the opposite
> > direction--though I don't think so, since we don't know
> > Slytherin as well.

> >>houyhnhnm:
> I think it might be Dementors. Gryffindors are much
> more dependent on "spirits" or "heart" as a driving
> force. A dark creature that can make them *depressed*
> has got to be the worst nightmare for a Gryffindor.
> For Slytherins, being such emotional creatures to
> start with and *having* to learn to deal with emotions,
> including bad ones, Dementors probably do not hold
> the same kind of terror. I don't mean that they are
> not affected by Dementors or that they are immune to
> their effects in some way (Gryffindors are not immune
> to werewolves). I mean little Slytherin kids may be
> afraid of a werewolf in the closet. With Gryffindor
> kids, it's more likely to be a Dementor.

Betsy Hp:
Ooh, I *love* this, houyhnhnm!  You can see it reflected in the 
different ways Harry and Draco dealt with overwhelming stress.  Harry 
got all angry and capslocky and given to sudden bursts of rage.  
While Draco went all pale and withdrawn and curled up with a ghost to 
have a good cry.

And in the seperated at birth way of looking at Harry and Snape 
(which I love to do, not merely because both characters would *hate* 
it <g>) both Harry and Snape become something of an expert at 
defeating their houses particular demon.  (Or at least, I assume 
Fenrir flinched away from Snape because he knew Snape could kick his 
ass.)

Betsy Hp