Harry Potter Forums

Posts: 159 · Joined: Mar 26, 2008 Posts: 159

Anyone...who felt angry towards the Slytherins in OotP? They are very annoying like singing the "Weasley is our King", and that Draco taking points on other houses,very irresponsibly. I felt anger towards the Slytherins in that book and most especially to Pansy. Fire

_________________

Posts: 24681 · Posted: April 16, 2008 10:42 am Post subject:

I felt annoyed by the Slytherins throughout the series in general.
_________________

Breathing is optional.
Look, Bella, look.

Posts: 6833 · Joined: Feb 16, 2008 Location: Going Crazy =) Posts: 6833

The Weasley is our king was so annoying until the Gryffindor's re-did it so it was a good version ! They did so much that bugged me throughout the books and I agree, Pansy was a big problem with the bugging, I never like her.
_________________

Posts: 17938 · Posted: April 16, 2008 7:20 pm Post subject:

Posts: 159 · Joined: Mar 26, 2008 Posts: 159

Yeah, that Parkinson girl. Though I slightly don't like Hermione, I side with her. She sthinks she's top of everything that Pansy. Crazy.
_________________

Posts: 3219 · Posted: April 18, 2008 8:19 pm Post subject:

Yes the Slytherins annoyed me in every book... but they annoyed me most in OOTP... Being Umbridges "hit squad" as i call them and bagging Ron at the quidditch game
_________________
Wand: 10' Rowan with Phoenix feather core
I LOVE TONKS *SIGH*

http://potter.ipbfree.com/index.php?act=idx , new look!! Join Now, Its free

Posts: 73 · Joined: May 2, 2008 Posts: 73

Well considering that Harry's capture of the Snitch completely nullified the Quaffle game, I hardly think that taunting the Keeper did much good. Slytherin still lost because of the stupid rules of Quidditch. If this were a real-life sport, columnists would have a field day ripping the rules apart. It is unethical to have a team lose a game when they are controlling the play, like Slytherin was in the match in Book 5, just because of one highly disproportionate play. Harry plays a game in which he is the only one who can score the game-winning goal. How convenient. The Chasers and Keepers mean absolutely nothing when you consider this. A quarterback in football may be the most important player on his team, but he still needs his receivers to do anything. The Seeker needs no one but him or herself, to make a play worth 15 times more than a normal scoring play. This is a fundamental flaw and a mockery of real sports.

Posts: 17938 · Posted: May 4, 2008 5:07 pm Post subject:

^ lol you obviously didnt read GoF, or dont remember how the quidditch world cup game ended Razz

_________________

You are up there!

Posts: 73 · Joined: May 2, 2008 Posts: 73

Of course I read it, and I thought it was completely ridiculous. And I believe JK only did that because she realized the flaw in the game she created and it was too late to rectify it. It was ridiculous, however, because it was a (very rare) example of the one situation in which the Quaffle has any importance: that being, when one team opens up a lead of 15 goals or more. But what is the likelihood of this happening? About as likely as taking a 10-goal lead in hockey? A 60-point lead in American football? A 7-goal lead in soccer/football? The point is there isn't much chance of it. And anyway, Krum could have tracked the Snitch defensively while they were down by 160, just fending off Lynch until his team pulled to within 140. I know Harry said that "he knew they'd never catch up" but I don't think it's too far-fetched that Bulgaria could have notched a couple more markers to pull to within 140 points. Krum could have played defensively against Lynch until Bulgaria managed it, and then, being the more skilled Seeker, could have then caught the Snitch. And if this had happened, Ireland would have lost the World Cup with a 14-goal lead, just because their team representative could not beat out his counterpart in an Easter Egg Hunt. I say that's flawed. I say sports columnists would incessantly criticize the scoring system. But that's just me.

Posts: 24681 · Posted: May 4, 2008 6:59 pm Post subject:

Posts: 17938 · Posted: May 4, 2008 11:18 pm Post subject:

^ yes i remembered that but it is less easy to recall, i thought the world cup was a better example

but see habs4life9? it happens, i doubt jo would've done a game that only the seeker can make the team win is the seeker

what i think that happens is that in professional quidditch the snitch is far harder to catch than in school games, so harry, being exceptional for school standards, sometimes manages to caught it too fast for there to be much games

otherwise, i see quidditch as a very active and fast game in which is very easy to make points fast and if one team (without the seeker) is really better than the other then they are bound to get a big difference after a while so that the snitch wont make any difference
_________________

You are up there!

Posts: 73 · Joined: May 2, 2008 Posts: 73

Maybe so, but still don't you think it's disproportionate to have the Snitch worth 15 times more than a score? No sport should have a play like that. Catching the Snitch is definitely NOT 15 times more difficult than scoring a goal, the Snitch should be worth about 40 points. However good professional Chasers may be I doubt that they frequently take 15-goal leads.

Posts: 24681 · Posted: May 5, 2008 1:00 am Post subject:

Posts: 17938 · Posted: May 5, 2008 1:03 am Post subject:

Posts: 24681 · Posted: May 5, 2008 1:09 am Post subject:

Wow.... we got off-topic...

I don't hate all the Slytherins.... Slughorn is cool. So is Shewho, hbp, and Katie and a few others. Wink

_________________

Breathing is optional.
Look, Bella, look.

Posts: 17938 · Posted: May 5, 2008 1:12 am Post subject:

well of course when we post HERE we dont mean the ones in the PF but the slythers in the books

slughorn cool? Confused

i would say he's ok, not cool
_________________

You are up there!

Posts: 24681 · Posted: May 5, 2008 1:21 am Post subject:

Posts: 17938 · Posted: May 5, 2008 11:36 am Post subject:

oh sorry, i didnt know Embarassed

lol i did find it sort of weird that u would call him cool in the other meaning Laughing

slughorn is ok and i dont like any of the rest slytherins we know to be honest
_________________

You are up there!

Posts: 73 · Joined: May 2, 2008 Posts: 73

Slughorn and Snape were the only good Slytherins in the series, every other Slytherin is pretty much a dickhead. Snape was only good because he loved a Gryffindor, i.e. in spite of his house. And think about this: if every Death Eater came from Slytherin, why don't they disband this house? It's akin to having a Neo-Nazi group in your or your child's school, would you like that? JK made us dislike Slytherins by making all of them (except Snape and Slughorn) act like dicks. There is nothing good to come out of this house, if you look at it realistically, since Snape and Slughorn had to go against their house principles to be good people. Maybe if JK had put some non-Slytherin Death Eaters into the books, I might think that this house is not a cancer to the school, but clearly it is, and why they do not disband Slytherin is beyond me.

Posts: 936 · Joined: Jan 30, 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 936

It has historic significance. Salazar Slytherin was one of the Hogwarts founders, you can't just disband the house..
_________________

Posts: 73 · Joined: May 2, 2008 Posts: 73

Posts: 936 · Joined: Jan 30, 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 936

Posts: 73 · Joined: May 2, 2008 Posts: 73

Being cunning can easily be fitted into Ravenclaw and self-glorification can be related to Gryffindor. The third Slytherin quality, however, is being pure-blood, which is akin to racist ideology. That is why it should be disbanded, to eliminate using this as grounds to accept students. The solution would be to sort all the Slytherins into the remaining 3 houses, or, if they don't want that, ship them off to Durmstrang.

Posts: 936 · Joined: Jan 30, 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 936

Posts: 24681 · Posted: May 5, 2008 5:34 pm Post subject:

Harry Potter Forums

Harry Potter Community and Bulletin Boards