Loose Ends, (was Epilogue (was Re: Ron and Parseltongue)

potioncat willsonkmom at msn.com
Sat Jun 21 14:59:01 UTC 2008


No: HPFGUIDX 183312

 
> bboyminn:
 
> So, in the final book, I think she fixed her eyes on the
> goal line, and plowed straight toward it. No time for 
> any diversions that didn't serve the plot. She did try to 
> tie up loose ends, but again, any loose ends that didn't 
> serve the immediate plot got lost. Which is why 'Good
> Slytherin', House Unity, and many others were not completely
> resolved. 


Potioncat:
The Good Slytherin wasn't one of JKR's threads, it was all ours. If I 
had time, I'd go back to look for his (or her) origin. It had to do 
with an expected reversal of image. As I imagined the Good Slytherin, 
his purpose was to show Harry and the reader that stereotypes aren't 
necessarily true. I thought Theo Nott would be The Good Slyhterin. 
<sigh>  

The House Unity idea came from one of the Sorting Hat's songs and it 
was dealt with in DH. Lord Voldmort's plan was to unify the houses-- 
to make everyone Slytherin. So obviously, house unity was a bad idea 
and must have come from the bits that Salazar put into the Sorting 
Hat.

JKR seems to think that Gryffindors are best and the rest of us 
better get used to it.





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