Andromeda as good Slytherin WAS: Disappointment

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 177611

> Magpie:
> Yes, we all know what JKR wrote. She's a minor character is the 
> point Adam made an I agreed with. There for half a page. Never 
> presented as having anything to do with any storyline about 
> Slytherin being redeemed. 

Jen: I tend to agree Andromeda isn't there to make a point about 
Slytherin so much as to make a point about choices.  We've met Bella 
and Narcissa and know them fairly well by the time Andromeda is 
introduced, and only a few chapters prior Bella denies Tonks as part 
of the Black family: "She's is no niece of ours, my Lord!" (Chap. 1)  
Then when Andromeda is introduced, Harry believes her to be Bella for 
an instant because of the way she looks, only to realize 
she's 'different' i.e, she's made different choices for her life than 
her sisters even though they came from the same family and perhaps 
were all in Slytherin house.  I expect Andromeda *was* in Slytherin 
but since JKR didn't make a big point about it, Andromeda for me fell 
in with Sirius as rejecting the Black family and its values (and 
getting burned off the tapestry/losing their family of origin to do 
so).