In Defense of My House

As a follow-up to Allie's post about Hufflepuff, I would like to give you my thoughts on Slytherin. Maybe it will help people understand why I am proud to be a member of the "evil" house.

The following is an excerpt from "The Better Side of Slytherin" which is an original editorial by Black Lily. You can read the whole thing at this link (I recommend you do, it proves a lot of points I've been trying to convince people of!)

"People have pointed out before to me that the Sorting Hat said to unite together, and that Slytherins are the people least likely to do this. The most obvious piece of evidence is that there were no Slytherins in the DA. But think about it-- did any Slytherins even KNOW about the DA? Hermione told the people that she knew about her plan to have Harry teach, but she doesn't hang out with Slytherins. And even if any of them had shown up, would they have been allowed in? Gryffindor house in particular seems to be biased against the Slytherins. Perhaps if someone reached out to the Slytherins in the background, the ones who don't make enemies for themselves, we would have far more unity within the school.

There is one last point to make to show more of the good qualities of Slytherin House. If I remember correctly, Slytherin had won the House Cup several years running before Harry and Draco arrived at the school. House Points are given for good behavior and knowledge, and taken away for bad behavior and rule-breaking. Slytherins, on the whole, can't be that bad to have won the cup so many times. Perhaps it's only a question of knowing when to keep their mouths shut, and not doing anything in front of a teacher, but that takes intelligence and skill, even if it's not the best thing to do."

I hope this has helped changed your minds about Slytherins...but somehow I doubt it :)