7 Slytherins That Weren't Evil - Harry Potter Theory

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we're discussing Slytherin house. More specifically- we’re going to be discussing the morality of some of its former members. In the Philosopher’s Stone, Hagrid once famously remarked that “There's not a single witch or wizard who went bad who wasn't in Slytherin.”. However, there are of course a few big issues with Hagrid’s blanket statement. The first issue being that Hagrid is blatantly exaggerating and generalizing- of course there were bad wizards who came from other houses. The second issue with his statement is the wording- as many people have interpreted it as ‘all Slytherins will become bad’, when what Hagrid really meant was ‘all bad witches and wizards come from Slytherin’, which is also not true. The fact remains that at the end of the day there are witches and wizards (who have come from Slytherin) that ended up just fine- or at least had some form of character arc involving a change in their moral compass. In today’s video, we’re going to be taking a look at some of those characters. 7. Phineas Black I know what you’re thinking- wasn’t Phineas Black the awful prejudiced ex-Hogwarts headmaster that everyone hated? Yes, certainly, but that was Phineas Nigellus Black- this is Phineas Black, his son. Just because he shared a name and blood with his father, it didn’t mean that he ended up anything like him. In fact Phineas Black was a source of great shame for his father. Why? You might ask. Well, as it turned out Phineas actually believed in muggle rights- a belief that got him disowned by his father and removed from the Black family tree. Phineas, as it turned out, was a genuine person. 6. Andromeda Tonks Andromeda Tonks, born Andromeda Black of the house of Black, was an English witch that married muggle-born Ted Tonks. Given that she came from the house of Black, a family of pure-blood supremacists, it should come as no surprise that she was disowned by her family for her marriage. Together, her and Ted had a daughter- Nymphadora, who we know as a respected auror and member of the order of the phoenix. Andromeda was certainly no evil witch. 5. Horace Slughorn Horace Slughorn was an English pure-blood wizard born sometime between 1882 and 1913. When he attended Hogwarts as a boy he was sorted in to Slytherin house- and because he embodied many aspects of Slytherin house- he embraced it. When he was older, he even became head of the house- a role given to one individual responsible for looking after and disciplining the students of the house. Given Slytherins reputation for producing dark witches and wizards- this role took someone with a firm hand- and though Slughorn can seem quite aloof at times- he is incredibly sharp and even more powerful. With all of that said, however, the only thing that Slughorn was really guilty of was being a bit of a social climber. That, and wanting to be liked by many. Deep down Slughorn certainly wasn’t a bad person- and the pivotal role that he played in the Battle of Hogwarts should be more than enough for anyone to forgive his less favourable traits. ...Watch the video for the rest! MYTHOLOGY CHANNEL    / @mythologyexplained   Join this channel to get access to perks:    / @harrypottertheory   Please LIKE / SUBSCRIBE / SHARE to support the channel Leave your video ideas down below! Thanks! Instagram -   / hptheory   All content falls under fair use: any copying of copyrighted material done for a limited and “transformative” purpose, such as to comment upon, criticize, or parody a copyrighted work. Such uses can be done without permission from the copyright owner.