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>>>.I don't remember seeing evidence that Sluggy went out of his way to slide muggleborns into wizarding society. He seems to have promoted whichever students were the most talented, most likely to succeed, who made him look good, who curried favor with him, and whose future success would most probably provide future gain for him. Blood status doesn't seem to have come into his calculations one way or the other. <<<
And this is a bad thing how?
More to the point: the Head of Slytherin was decades long the talentbroker of the WW *and he didn't care about blood status*. So for decades, fifty years or more, the Head of Slytherin, I repeat, the *Head* of *Slyterin House*, was instrumental in getting talented kids to mingle with the equivalent of the peerage of the WW and he got them in touch with influential people who could get them good jobs, wether those talented kids were pureblood, halfblood or muggleborn.
Was Slyterin already in disgrace before Severus took over? How many people knew that Voldemort was once Tom Riddle, former Head Boy, Slytherin alumnis? Apart from play-it-close-to-the-chest Dumbledore? And who is to say that the first DE's of the seventies were all Slytherins? Quiet a lot of them were, since we hear of a few, but remember, by that time Severus has turned coat and he is getting information to Dumbledore (and from Dumbledore to aurors like Moody). Since the DE's were all masked and since Severus, as a former Slytherin, would know the voices and body language of his former housemates best of all, wouldn't it stand to reason that he would pick out the ex-Slytherin DE's better from a bunch of cloaked and masked men than that he could pick out an ex-Ravenclaw or Gryffindor?
We know of at least two Gryffindors who were DE's (or at least in Voldie's pocket); Wormtail and whatshisname, the ex-Quidditch player.
So, what do I mean with my accusation that Dumbledore, by getting Slughorn out and Snape in, tried to scapegoat and weaken House Slytherin?
Well, Slughorn had clout, and influence, and people who backed him up and cared about him, thought well of him, feted him. In short, Slughorn was an independant player. Dumbles likes his chesspieces to be totally under his control. So he frightens Slughorn into hiding and put a very, *very* young Snape in his place. Unprecedented, I'm sure, such a young, inexperienced Head of House. As good as I think Snape is as a potions teacher, he is hardly in Slughorn's league when it comes to Head of House duties. What's more, he can't ever be, since he is totally under Dumbledore's thumb.
tbc
And this is a bad thing how?
More to the point: the Head of Slytherin was decades long the talentbroker of the WW *and he didn't care about blood status*. So for decades, fifty years or more, the Head of Slytherin, I repeat, the *Head* of *Slyterin House*, was instrumental in getting talented kids to mingle with the equivalent of the peerage of the WW and he got them in touch with influential people who could get them good jobs, wether those talented kids were pureblood, halfblood or muggleborn.
Was Slyterin already in disgrace before Severus took over? How many people knew that Voldemort was once Tom Riddle, former Head Boy, Slytherin alumnis? Apart from play-it-close-to-the-chest Dumbledore? And who is to say that the first DE's of the seventies were all Slytherins? Quiet a lot of them were, since we hear of a few, but remember, by that time Severus has turned coat and he is getting information to Dumbledore (and from Dumbledore to aurors like Moody). Since the DE's were all masked and since Severus, as a former Slytherin, would know the voices and body language of his former housemates best of all, wouldn't it stand to reason that he would pick out the ex-Slytherin DE's better from a bunch of cloaked and masked men than that he could pick out an ex-Ravenclaw or Gryffindor?
We know of at least two Gryffindors who were DE's (or at least in Voldie's pocket); Wormtail and whatshisname, the ex-Quidditch player.
So, what do I mean with my accusation that Dumbledore, by getting Slughorn out and Snape in, tried to scapegoat and weaken House Slytherin?
Well, Slughorn had clout, and influence, and people who backed him up and cared about him, thought well of him, feted him. In short, Slughorn was an independant player. Dumbles likes his chesspieces to be totally under his control. So he frightens Slughorn into hiding and put a very, *very* young Snape in his place. Unprecedented, I'm sure, such a young, inexperienced Head of House. As good as I think Snape is as a potions teacher, he is hardly in Slughorn's league when it comes to Head of House duties. What's more, he can't ever be, since he is totally under Dumbledore's thumb.
tbc