Dark Book

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 176972

> > Jen: First of all, McGonagall made it very clear to Slughorn that
> > he and his students could evacuate if they chose to do so but now 
> > was the time to decide upon loyalties.  Then the entire house
> >  shows up in  the Great Hall!  What's McGonagall supposed to
> > think happened there except that Slytherin has decided they want 
> > to take part in securing the castle against Voldemort?  They
> > haven't evacuated, they arrive with the other students.  You 
> > don't offer evacuation to victims you're on the brink of 
> > exterminating, btw.  
 
> lizzyben: 
> Oh yeah you do. That was a threat, pure & simple. You've bought into
> the Slytherins=Death Eaters mindset. Why wouldn't she think that
> Slytherin students wanted to fight too? Or that they hadn't
>  evacuated yet, or didn't know what to do, or were looking for
> safety? Why assume that the Slytherin students' presence in their 
> own school, their own home, was part of some insidious plan to let
> in Voldemort? Because Slytherins have *already* been rejected from 
> Hogwarts society & are now totally classed as an "Other" that 
> doesn't belong there, anymore.
<snip>
> Yet when the Slytherin students do as they're told, that's a sign
> of their disloyalty, evilness & Death Eater loyalties? What would
> make you come to that (IMO irrational) conclusion? 

Jen: I left my previous comment for you to re-read.  If my rhetorical 
question was confusing, I'll say it plainly:  When Slytherin house 
appeared in the Great Hall, McGonagall assumed they were there 
because they wanted to take part in securing the castle against 
Voldemort.  Seems the argument about my 'mindset' and irrational 
conclusion is based on a misreading.