~wicked cackle~ I love this one and it's clear that Dumbledore and McGonagall have never learned that "it's the quiet ones who are dangerous". I especially enjoyed that it was a joint effort by Harry and Hermione and that they've managed to bug Albus' office, and other places, without getting caught or noticed. There've been a few stories that had both of them sorted into Slytherin ("Not so Muggleborn" by Grenouille7777 comes to mind as well as one that was a crossover with Anita Blake where's he's a were-leopard and she's his best friend from before Hogwarts) but we can always use more. You've got a dangerous combination there of power, brains, and when he receives his inheritance, at least some decent (most likely) sum of money; that can do a lot, especially if employed with proper Slytherin cunning and not the nonsense behavior we're shown in canon.
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Heya again, Cat!
It’s more that until it’s driven into their heads with a mallet, they’ll continue to ignore the evidence for their preconceptions.
And you’re right. Both would have done well in Slytherin, if there hadn’t been an abundence of narrow-minded bigots there already.
Grenouille’s story was very readable and quite entertaining, though I felt the ending was a bit rushed. Robst, one of my favorite authors, always has them playing with their Slytherin sides…usually to telling effect. A case in point is; ‘In This World And The Next.’ You can find it on Ffn.
There was a story I saw a couple years ago on FFn where Hermione decided on her first train ride to Hoggys; that she was going to be the next dark lord (sic), and Harry and (maybe) Ron were going to be her minions, but I could never find it again. (Le sigh!) I’m (slowly) working up a story along the same premise.
Alorkin