Talk:Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Deathly Hallows/Chapter 31

I think it is amazing that J.K. Rowling put the diadem in the 6th book. I mean, no one suspected that an old, "tarnished tiara" could have importance. All the connections and puzzle pieces are amazing.
 * The diadem I can see... but the Snitch? Carrying that from the first book all the way to the seventh — that's a connection. Chazz (talk) 02:11, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Slytherins
None of the Slytherins being anti-Voldemort is a bit unlikely.Almost as if there is a bad race after all while it would be better if you had found pro-Voldemorts among all houses and anti-Voldemorts in all houses.


 * I will mention that Slytherin himself left the school because they would not accept his "pure-bloods only" rule for the entire school. As such, the Sorting Hat will have incorporated, to the best of Gryffindor's ability, Slytherin's biases, so Slytherin House will be predominantly Pure-Blood wizards, many of whom will have the pure-blood bias we see so plainly in the Gaunts, Blacks, and Malfoys. Even in those wizards who are only half Wizard descended, like Snape and Riddle, the Hat will select often on Pure-Blood bias.


 * More than that, though, is the idea that a committee (or group) does nothing unless a strong person in the group drives it in his chosen direction. Slytherin will be lead, by OotP, by Draco and Pansy to a large extent; it is always Draco and Pansy who we see initiating things, first in Draco and Harry's shared classes, and later for the whole house. Yes, there likely will be Slytherins who are anti-Voldemort, but they will stay quiet out of fear of being branded "Muggle lovers" and thus Blood traitors.


 * The bias towards Slytherin's views does match, almost exactly, a bias towards Voldemort's views, and so Slytherin house would tend to echo Voldemort in any event. Given this perception, even if an anti-Voldemort Slytherin tried to make himself known, no Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, or Hufflepuff would be likely to believe him. It is this sort of understanding of human nature that makes the books so convincing.


 * As for there being no Voldemort sympathizers in other houses, I hold up the example of Peter Pettigrew, a Gryffindor. The fact that none others are named is inconclusive... we do get the feeling that Harry doesn't trust everyone in the DA, and certainly doesn't trust everyone in the school to be anti-Voldemort. Chazz (talk) 17:26, 5 October 2009 (UTC)