Slytherin Treachery ?

[Nathaniel]

No: HPFGUIDX 191540



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at ...> wrote:

> Pippin:
> JKR is expert at making the Slytherins look bad, when on closer examination it would have been impossible for them to make what looks like the obvious good choice. 
> 
> Joining the DA, for example. 
> 
> No Slytherin banners in the Room of Requirement. But how could there be, when Hermione had made sure that  those who attended the original meeting couldn't tell anyone else what they were doing? Neville can write "Join Dumbledore's Army" on the walls, but if he actually tells anyone how to do it, he'll have "SNEAK" written on his face. 
> 
> It looks as if the Slytherins  excluded themselves, when actually others had  chosen to exclude them first. 
> Pippin

Nathaniel:
I'm going to disagree slightly here. Other members could have invited Slytherins to join Dumbledore's Army, but they chose not to because they didn't trust any of them enough. 

The last meeting of DA included Seamus attending for the first time, who was brought by Dean. Dean does not have "SNEAK" written on his face. It seems the Hermione's hex allows for discussion of DA; the SNEAK hex kicks in when someone's intent is to snitch on the group.

It's possible that there are Slytherins who would have been trustworthy, but no one in DA was willing to vouch for anyone. That's not to say that I think all Slytherins are bad or evil. DA was a clandestine organization formed with the intent of undermining Umbridge's leadership. They also chose Harry, Slytherin hater #1, as their leader. A neutral observer could understandably be confused about what happened to Cedric Diggory. With all of that in mind, it's no wonder that no one trusted a Slytherin to join DA.