Andromeda as good Slytherin WAS: Disappointment

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> > Alla:
> > 
> > So, tell me then what part of Andromeda did I write myself? Or 
are 
> > you saying that we are not even allowed to make first line 
> > inferences based on canon now?
> 
> Magpie:
> Andromeda doesn't appear onstage except for in one scene. We have 
a 
> series of facts about her that you did not make up, from there we 
can 
> imagine different actual characters and stories as to how she got 
> there. The only thing I remember of her description was that she 
> looked like Bellatrix and did she speak in a haughty way? Perhaps 
> Tonks takes more after her father in that respect.
>
<HUGE SNIP>

> Anyway, my main point isn't to figure what Adromeda was or wasn't 
> like because as this conversation proves, we're just inferring and 
> imagining stuff based on the facts we know and other characters 
> because she's not on the page. The fact that she's not on the page 
> being my main point. "Slytherin Not Appearing In This Book" seems 
> like a weak argument. I doubt most readers even remember the woman 
> exists much less consider her a symbol of anything. Looking to her 
> for anything seems like scraping the bottle of the barrel and the 
> obvious joke response is to notice how just not appearing 
immediately 
> gives you a leg up on the others.
>


Alla:

And my point is that what we know about her is enough for me to 
judge with the reasonable degree of certainty that she is a good 
person.

Oh sure I do not know if she is nasty in the social interactions, 
she may as well be, although personally I doubt it.

But I know that she did the right thing in marrying Ted ( as in 
following her heart) and that is enough for me to think that 
Andromeda at least has some values that I consider to be good and 
right. IMO of course.

And actually I cannot believe I am going to say it for the second 
day in a row, but what Carol said in this thread I totally agree 
with.

Andromeda and Ted help Harry on the way. I think that means a lot as 
well.

Andromeda does not abandon her muggle born husband, no? Otherwise we 
would have heard about it?

And as to her appearing in one scene, Regulus Black does not appear 
in more than one scene either and even that scene is from Kreacher 
POV. 

I have no doubt from that one scene that Regulus before his death at 
least was a person I would have been honored to be friends with.

Not appearing except one scene. Emmeline Vance does not appear in 
more than one scene either. I do not know what kind of the person 
she was, but the fact that she fought for the Order makes me believe 
that she had values I respect as well.

And I beg to differ about not remembering Andromeda. She was one of 
the most memorable characters I wanted to meet after OOP. My 
favorite cousin meant a lot for me.

JMO,

Alla