by Eol » Saturday 9 July 2005 1:40:08pm
As Sirius said "The world isn't just split into good people and death eaters"
Yes the Slytherins have proven to be quite a foul bunch. Unpopular and snobbish. But not all of them are Voldemort supporters. The qualities that Slytherins possess, intelligence, ambition and even self preservation are not negative ones. In OotP Dumbledore's Army were the one's rebelling against the establishment. The Slytherins were following the one in charge, ie Umbridge. For them to rebel now, when Dumbledore is back in favour is unwise and so won't be followed by the majority of them.
The rivalries will still be there of course but the only one truly likely to actively go after Harry are Malfoy, Crabbe, Goyle and Nott. My view of the situation is that Most of the Slytherins will no longer look up to Malfoy as his father is a known death eater and is currently in Azkaban.