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[abbers44]

GUYS, I HAVE SO MANY FEELINGS.

Here is my ~video response~ to talimeeka's questions. Not in costume because I was tired/lazy after the movie and only filmed this today, but I went as, uh, subtle Underwater Light Draco lolol aka Wellesley sweatshirt (a very Slytherin place, let's be honest!!), green jacket, lots of silver, and a mug of coffee. All tremble

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asdflk

I was never as up in arms about the slytherins as everyone else, probably because I have way too much gryffindor house pride. :P I definitely agree in principle that the slytherins were shown as way too one sided, but I would always get really fed up with slytherin apologists. Like, I feel it's totally legitimate to wish there had been decent slytherin characters, but when you start trying to tell me that, like, Snape is a poor misguided soul with absolutely no flaws I will get kind of angry. Partly because let's please not gloss over the fact that he and a lot of other slytherins were racist douchebags, and partly because that's what's so great about those characters! Snape and Draco and everyone are so interesting because there are hints of good amid all the horribleness!

Also, I will go to my death defending Gryffindor winning the house cup in book one. Maybe Dumbledore could have presented it a bit better, but the next time Slytherin saves the freaking world at age 11 they can win the house cup. Until then it was perfectly fair that Harry got a million points for facing down Voldemort in the school basement.

[abbers44]

It seems so silly to gloss over any shady bits of a character. Like. I like Harry because he is angry and rash and pretty, uh, blind to viewpoints other than his own. I like Draco because he's a petty bastard. I like Snape because he is a fucking child about so many things. Slughorn's great because he's pitiful and name dropping. Just. Why would you deny these characters those awesomely annoying traits? And how does that help your case? sldkj sigh.

Godddd Slytherin losing the House Cup has driven me insane since it was brought to my attention. It's not so much that Harry didn't deserve dslfj house points for defeating evil, it's more that it really set into motion how isolated Slytherin would be for the rest of the series, that they weren't privy to that information and that they would always see Dumbledore as playing favorites, someone who couldn't be counted on or trusted. The house cup is pretty silly, but what it symbolized really bothers me.

[likeafox]

True true. I wish there had been slytherin fic that managed to toe the line between completely bashing gryffindor for things like winning the house cup and showing why slytherin students would be understandably really upset by things like that. It always felt like it was only one or the other; either gryffindor could do no wrong and slytherin were always being horrible for no good reason, or slytherin was entirely blameless and harry potter could go suck it the bastard. asdkf I need nuance and subtlety in my harry potter fanfiction gosh.

[abbers44]

sdlfj right. It is just so complicated!! It should be treated with respect and care!

Oh, Slytherin. Oh, house politics.