I'm not sure why I was suddenly thinking about this just now, but *have* there been any Hufflepuff Death Eaters? Or Gryffindor? Slytherin, absolutely, and I could see Ravenclaw, but I'm curious about the other two.
Or, hell, a series that appeared to reliably recall that there were four houses of students, not two. (One of the things I love about Alternity is the balance of, y'know, there are actually plot-relevant people everywhere.)
But I suspect that Helga's "I'll teach the lot and treat them all the same" attitudes would make the 'Puffs the least likely to ally themselves with the DEs. Guts-and-glory can totally do a grand crusade, and intellectual obsession is almost stereotypically prone to going off into questionable corners, sometimes without noticing (so long as there's a reading lamp).
Which raises the interesting question: which people might bother, in canon at least, trying to catch a Puff? It's a chessmaster move, really, but I don't think many people in canon are that smart. :P
Dolohov I can definitely imagine doing it, but they'd have to show some talent/interest first. He looks like he's going after Justin, for one. Maybe Lucius? Maybe?
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Date: 2013-05-04 11:50 pm (UTC)mind you, in a series that was a little less heavy-handed about its Message, there'd've been plenty from all houses. heh.
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Date: 2013-05-05 03:15 am (UTC)But I suspect that Helga's "I'll teach the lot and treat them all the same" attitudes would make the 'Puffs the least likely to ally themselves with the DEs. Guts-and-glory can totally do a grand crusade, and intellectual obsession is almost stereotypically prone to going off into questionable corners, sometimes without noticing (so long as there's a reading lamp).
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Date: 2013-05-05 03:18 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-05-05 03:28 am (UTC)Which raises the interesting question: which people might bother, in canon at least, trying to catch a Puff? It's a chessmaster move, really, but I don't think many people in canon are that smart. :P
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Date: 2013-05-05 03:39 am (UTC)(also, does anyone remember if we were given McNair's House in canon?)
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Date: 2013-05-05 06:00 am (UTC)Maybe Lucius? Maybe?
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Date: 2013-05-05 03:12 pm (UTC)(Also, in Alternity, there's Minerva, who is something of a special case when it comes to Death Eaters, but still is one.)
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Date: 2013-05-05 09:18 pm (UTC)no subject
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