Things that you wish were in the Harry Potter novels -- A ''Good Slytherin''

[Bruce Mull]

No: HPFGUIDX 192053

> Bart:
> <snip>
> 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. <snip>
>
> > Andy:
> > This is kind of a difficult one. There's probably no notably
> > "good" Slytherin because that is the house where that sort of
> > person is sorted into. <snip>
> >
> > Another thing to remember is that as people grow, especially
> > at the ages students are at Hogwarts, they change. Just because
> > they are sorted into a house at age 11 doesn't mean they hold
> > the same beliefs and/or feelings when they leave. If they could
> > be re-sorted every year, chances are you will see some students
> > being sorted into different houses. <snip>


Bruce:
Mad-Eye Moody was in Slytherin. I would say that he certainly could
have been classified as a "good Slytherin." It's true that most of
the actions that we thought were Moody's in GoF were actually done
by Barty Crouch, Jr (a Ravenclaw), but he had to do what Moody would
have done so they do reflect the actions of Alistair Moody.

I do like the idea of Upper/Lower sorting. It might very well help
get rid of the stereotyping. If you are going to stereotype, however,
then you need to remember that nearly as many Death Eaters are
Ravenclaws as Slytherins, but their House doesn't share the same
reputation.

Dr Bruce P. Mull
Professor of Computer Science
Professor of Mathematics