Even many Draco-fans seemed to take OotP as a proof that there was no hope for him to get any other development than going straight to hell, after OotP, and that surprised me even more, because really, did anyone expect him to get "redeemed" álready in the fifth book? Before he'd even done anything that he could be "redeemed" for?
Ha! Don't you know that being Sorted into Slytherin is a Moral Choice and/or Judgement that in itself needs atonement in the form of blood sacrifice, self-abasement and excessive humiliation? And that the same goes for being born a Death Eater's son? Don't you know that being angry your father is thrown into prison because you happen to love him automatically makes you a Death Eater? Unless of course you're Percy Weasley, in which case it's contradicting your parents that makes you a Death Eater. (And sometimes it's just not immediately believing anything Harry says, never mind the fact that he is canonically known to have lied whenever it was convenient to him.)
And as for the Slytherins all joining the IS, I saw that as a consequence of Slytherins always having been excluded from the unity of Hogwarts, by Dumbledore, the other houses and most teachers.
Need I say DA? It's the perfect example of Slytherin Exclusion. Not even a single token "good Slytherin," which will make the appearance of that mythical creature very, very hard to pull off in the next two books.
Why wouldn't they welcome a new headmistress? I mean what did the old headmaster ever do to win their sympathies or loyalties?
I'm sure the end of PS/SS was enough to teach Slytherin House what they had to expect from Dumbledore for at least as long as Harry Potter was in school.
And it's not as though they seemed to particularly agree with Umbridge - they saw her exactly for what she was, and used it to their own advantage. Which of course is a Slytherin trait and punishable by permanent brain damage, or so Our Heroes seem to think. Whereas the proper Gryffindor response is to permanently antagonise her, and then complain about unfair punishments for which they themselves have given her ample excuse. Common sense is not a Gryffindor trait, and anyone possessing it probably is Evil anyway...
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Date: 2004-09-04 11:07 am (UTC)Ha! Don't you know that being Sorted into Slytherin is a Moral Choice and/or Judgement that in itself needs atonement in the form of blood sacrifice, self-abasement and excessive humiliation? And that the same goes for being born a Death Eater's son? Don't you know that being angry your father is thrown into prison because you happen to love him automatically makes you a Death Eater? Unless of course you're Percy Weasley, in which case it's contradicting your parents that makes you a Death Eater. (And sometimes it's just not immediately believing anything Harry says, never mind the fact that he is canonically known to have lied whenever it was convenient to him.)
And as for the Slytherins all joining the IS, I saw that as a consequence of Slytherins always having been excluded from the unity of Hogwarts, by Dumbledore, the other houses and most teachers.
Need I say DA? It's the perfect example of Slytherin Exclusion. Not even a single token "good Slytherin," which will make the appearance of that mythical creature very, very hard to pull off in the next two books.
Why wouldn't they welcome a new headmistress? I mean what did the old headmaster ever do to win their sympathies or loyalties?
I'm sure the end of PS/SS was enough to teach Slytherin House what they had to expect from Dumbledore for at least as long as Harry Potter was in school.
And it's not as though they seemed to particularly agree with Umbridge - they saw her exactly for what she was, and used it to their own advantage. Which of course is a Slytherin trait and punishable by permanent brain damage, or so Our Heroes seem to think. Whereas the proper Gryffindor response is to permanently antagonise her, and then complain about unfair punishments for which they themselves have given her ample excuse. Common sense is not a Gryffindor trait, and anyone possessing it probably is Evil anyway...