[HPforGrownups] Things that you wish were in the Harry Potter novels

[Sandra Lynn]

No: HPFGUIDX 192011

On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 8:06 PM, Bart Lidofsky <bart at moosewise.com> wrote:

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> There are a number of things that I really wish that JKR had included in
> the Harry Potter novels which, for whatever reason, she didn't. I'll
> mention a couple, and, more importantly, why I think that it was a mistake.
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> For example, the lack of "Good Slytherins", at least among the students.
> The Sorting Hat kept talking about unity between the houses, but the
> Slytherin students were, at best, neutral, and, at worst, on the side of
> Morty. Would it have been too much to have a Slytherin on the side of
> Morty's opponents, possibly explaining about his joining the other
> Slytherins in tormenting Harry: "That was just a game. This is for
> real." As it is, JKR sends mixed messages.


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I like those thoughts. Personally, I think the reason we don't see any good
Slytherins is because even those who say they are neutral but actually
support Harry would not be safe admitting that in Slytherin house. They
need to pretend to be neutral at best or for Voldie. Of course, it might
have been possible for one of them to join the DA after some trials or
something to prove that they are good which would have been nice.

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