Dark Magic

[rowena_grunnionffitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 176720

 
> lizzyben:
> 
> Dumbledore & Grindelwald were buddies once, that doesn't make 
> Grindelwald a good guy. 

  Rowena:

  DD and GW were friends very briefly in their youth. Gryffindor and 
Slytherin has a long standing relationship including building the 
School together before the final falling out.
 
> lizzyben:
> 
> "Said Slytherin, we'll take those whose blood is purest." He did 
> insist on pure-bloods, accepting half-bloods as a presumable second-
> best when there weren't enough pure-bloods to fill the house.

  Rowena:
  
  I took that to mean he insisted on Wizarding ancestry.
 
> lizzyben:
> 
> Or maybe he was just an old softie, like Hagrid, and thought the 
> Basilik monster was harmless & just needed a home. :)

 Rowena: 

  A possibility that occurred to me. Slytherin was a parselmouth a 
rare specimen like a basilisk would definitely have an appeal for 
him. 

  Lizzyben:
 
> From HP Lexicon:
 
> Killing all muggle-born students was Slytherin's "noble purpose". 
> Oh, and Slytherin also looked "ancient and monkey-like." Just 
wanted 
> to throw that in there.

  Rowena:

  Personally I took that as nothing more than a reprise of the legend,
whose truth nobody now alive can really know.

  Lizzyben:
 
> Contrast this w/the description of Godric Gryffindor: "Godric 
> Gryffindor was the most accomplished dueller of his time, an 
> enlightened fighter against Muggle-discrimination." And "he has 
mane- like red hair, green eyes, and a powerful build." *swoon* 
Handsome AND enlightened! 

  Rowena:

  Probably younger than Salazar too. The very fact the latter is 
praised for his anti-discrimination stand suggest to me that 
Slytherin's was the more common attitude.