(An incessant reminder why USENET is superior to LJ, but I digress...)
Since my "There's no Harry there" theory has already been posted, I am pbliged to pull up my other HP chestnut--namely: The whole Harry Potter series would have been improved greatly if the Sorting Hat had put him into Slytherin despite his pleas to the contrary.
Because Harry is still Harry (that is, generic good guy) there is no reason that we couldn't still have had him bond with Ron and Hermione on the train and still had Friends for Life. But having Harry in Slytherin would have given us a closer look at this supposedly "evil" house, and maybe some of the non-Malfoy people within. Just because Slytherin people are, mostly, clever and opportunistic doesn't mean they would or should all be natural allies of Voldemort. Also, it would have given people's reactions to Harry more nuance--or at least more logic. The way that the Griffindors alternately embrace and shun Harry would make more sense if he wasn't one of them.
Because really, having 1/4 of your school populated by known traitors and malevolent bastards really doesn't make any sense at all.
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Prolly too late for discussion, but I'll post anyways
Date: 2007-03-30 04:03 am (UTC)Since my "There's no Harry there" theory has already been posted, I am pbliged to pull up my other HP chestnut--namely: The whole Harry Potter series would have been improved greatly if the Sorting Hat had put him into Slytherin despite his pleas to the contrary.
Because Harry is still Harry (that is, generic good guy) there is no reason that we couldn't still have had him bond with Ron and Hermione on the train and still had Friends for Life. But having Harry in Slytherin would have given us a closer look at this supposedly "evil" house, and maybe some of the non-Malfoy people within. Just because Slytherin people are, mostly, clever and opportunistic doesn't mean they would or should all be natural allies of Voldemort. Also, it would have given people's reactions to Harry more nuance--or at least more logic. The way that the Griffindors alternately embrace and shun Harry would make more sense if he wasn't one of them.
Because really, having 1/4 of your school populated by known traitors and malevolent bastards really doesn't make any sense at all.