Lack of Slytherins banner in ROR and Slytherins in the final battle.

[sistermagpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 178763


> Well to ease your mind the lack of the banner doesn not mean there 
were no Slytherins. Just that they did not advertise themselves with 
a banner. Unless there is an interview answer to the contrary there 
is no proof their were no Slytherins there canon wise, just a surface 
impression. 

Magpie:
A surface impression? The entire world is built with the words on the 
page and that's it. It's not up to the Slytherins to not 
be "advertising" themselves, it's the author making it clear there 
are no Slytherins there! If she wanted Slytherins there she would 
write them there.


As allie posted:

The Room of Requirement ITSELF changed the hangings to reflect who was
living in the room. Neville states, "...when I arrived, it was a load
smaller, there was only one hammock and just Gryffindor hangings. But
it's expanded as more and more of the D.A. have arrived." (DH 377 US)

Which means, to me, that there are no Slytherin hangings because there
are no Slytherins hiding out in the room. 

Allie again:

It's not a statement that
all Slytherins are evil. It just says, "No Slytherins live here."

Magpie:
Which means, at best, that Slytherins are not opposing Voldemort and 
are maybe not all evil but are not good in this universe. The "true 
Hogwarts" is in that room, and Slytherins aren't a part of it.

-m