Even so, none of the Slytherins had the character to stand their ground and fight. Even at wand point, I'm sure if just one Slytherin came forward and said they wanted to fight, they would be accepted by the rest because it certainly takes more courage to stand up against your friends than to face your enemies, as was proven in PS by Neville. I think that lonely Slytherin that would have stayed behind would have been afforded a lot of respect. I don't think it's that they weren't really given a chance but, at that moment, McG didn't really expect any one of them to stay behind. Should one of them had, I don't think she would have made that person leave. Rowling didn't give any of them character and that bothers me. She lumped them all into the Pansy Parkinson category when, surely, not all of them are like that. I think the story would have been that much more powerful if that one Slytherin would have stood out and broken free of Voldemort's grasp. The message would have been greater. |