From: David Hobby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> >Why does Snape, who clearly abhors Voldemort and all the Death
> >Eaters, still show any favor at all to Slytherin just because it's
> >his own house, when it is full of people who at the very least
> >sympathize with Voldemort?
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> Keeping up appearances, I imagine. He uses Occlumency to hide his true feelings from Voldermort, and favors Slytherin to demonstrate his continuing loyalty. Or at least that is my theory.
I think that Snape, while being against Voldemort, is still basically a product of Slytherin, and thus is largely bound to be a jerk in any case, even if he isn't evil. Has anyone from Slytherin been protrayed in a positive manner at all, in any of the books? I can't think of any examples.
As for the "no-sex hex", my impression is that Harry is pretty out of it. There could be orgies at Hogwart's, for all Harry knew. Maybe he'll ask Hermionie in Book 6, and it will turn out that she's know about them for years. (And not told Harry and Ron, to "give them more time to concentrate on their studies".)
Well, we have to keep in mind that the HP books are still considered children's books. Even if they have a lot of adult appeal and an increasingly dark story that makes it less suitable for kids, there's going to be tons of 10-12 year olds hooked into the series, reading them. I extremely doubt that any of the series will feature anything more than kissing.
I kept hoping that Harry's anger would be partially explained as psychic overflow from Voldermort. I guess that it still could be, but the evidence so far points to Harry being a rather large jerk...
I read an interview with JKR, and her intention was to make Harry more realistic and less of a saint. 16 years olds can be moody jerks at times, and with all the stuff Harry's been put through, it's fairly understandable. I'd argue we probably should have seen gradual evidence of this sooner in the series, but what can you do? I'm guessing though, that Harry will work out his issues and come around by the end of book 6.
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