tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post6514716824110497463..comments2024-02-24T03:34:18.060-05:00Comments on Stealing Commas: How Harry Potter should have endedchris the cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-28107425431839376862014-05-03T05:57:41.088-04:002014-05-03T05:57:41.088-04:00I know that the books were mainly in Harry's p...I know that the books were mainly in Harry's point of view — and it was quite some time since I last read them so I could be mistaken — but I feel it was a mistake to have every last Slytherin you see align him/herself with the Deatheaters: they're supposed to embody <i>ambition</i> for Christ’s sake! None of them would have thought that not every one can be in the higher ranks of a given organisation and thrown their lot with Harry & co because no one in that group is ambitious enough to hamper their quest of a high-ranking position? Or made a third faction with, say, the Ravenclaws and/or the Hufflepuffs? Even with the Slytherins as unrepentants opportunists having them all flock under the Dark Lord's banner doesn't compute…Azelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00901407938038859397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-34323177219544597322014-04-26T22:05:33.662-04:002014-04-26T22:05:33.662-04:00I feel like it was a mistake not to have any promi...I feel like it was a mistake not to have any prominent Slytherin characters step up around book 3-4. I get the impression that we were meant to think that the four virtues of the houses (courage, intelligence, ambition, and loyalty) were powerful traits that would work best together, but since they never really worked together the moral lesson never got hammered home. Joannanoreply@blogger.com