The real question is... what do you think of the new set?!

Hagrid left a colony of killer spiders in the forest next to the school.... also there's that tree that can punch you to death....isn't there a cracken in the lake too? At least the basilisk was locked up....

J: You produce one worst wizard of all time and suddenly your house is tarnished forever Me: *laughs nervously in german* Austria: *Quietly laughs in the next room*

Fairness to Slytherin: at the time, Muggles were literally hunting Wizards. It was his pov that they would be dangerous and BETRAY the students who had to goto school to learn magic safely. Slytherin had phobias built on his pain- similar to Magneto from X-Men. It’s not like he used the Baskilisk- he put it there with the idea that PURE wizards were innately going to do good with it, but inevitably failed to see the birth of a Wizard of his line incapable of Love.

Slytherin lived at a time when Muggles were pretty keen on killing witches... I think his hatred of Muggles and Muggle-borns is therefore fairly understandable.

"How dare you put that slimy Gryffindor on that beautiful, sleek, Slytherin green!" I think Snape would be very happy to hear that.

Because of how protective he was I wouldn't be surprised if he created the hundreds of statues that could come to life and protect the school.

I can defend the basilisk. Muggles were a real threat back in his time. Remember the suits of armor that defended the castle at the battle of Hogwarts. It's been 1000 years I can promise history hasn't be kept 100% accurately. He may have not liked muggleborns but the fact that he never killed any is HUGE in proof of his character. He also had the sense to make sure the basilisk was locked up and no one who couldn't control it could get to it. Purely to keep the students safe. I'm sure if it was needed for defense from outside invasion it would come to defend the students. I could make a video in this defense but... 🤷

On the slytherin book they should have put Severus Snape

One thing that always bothered me in the HP series was how people seemed to discriminate against Slytherin house-especially when they did it to Slytherin children. I mean, if you treat a group of 11 year olds like they're monsters-in-the-making for the whole of their schooling lives, then they will probably start acting like it. That said: #Ravenclaw4Life

I may not be Slytherin but I don’t think that they’re evil. I mean the Great Merlin himself was from Slytherin.

I think he left the basilisk there to protect the school if they were ever under attack by muggles. I dont think he had real evil intentions

Netflix should make a series on the founders kinda like marvel with the defenders

Godric: Hey what are we going to do to protect these kids? Rowena: I can rustle up some protection charms Helena: Umm.... kitchen in the basement?? Salazar: GIANT SNAKE IN THE DUNGEONS!!!! The Rest: .... Salazar: .... Kidding?

they honestly should've put a basalisk on the cover, now THAT would've been cool

I had a really interesting history teacher and he would say always remember that people of the past were people of their time we can’t necessarily blame people for doing the norm if that was the norm of that time.

This clip of the Basalisk bursting out the chamber of secrets makes me laugh every time

I always imagined Gryffindor and Slytherin to have had a similar (if not outright verbatim) relationship and history as Charles Xavier and Magneto.

I love how many times you cut to that Basilisk bursting out of the Chamber!!😂😂

I don't think Hogwarts would be the same without Slytherin House. Imagine being the three remaining founders after he left: G: We should keep the name for Slytherin to honor his founding role. R: It would sound rather odd renaming it. H: I was SO READY to rename his House! I was going to call it Frank!

Slytherin Protec He no attac But most importantly He can speak to the snac

I can't remember where I read this, but it was also said that Salazar Slytherin didn't trust muggle-born wizards because he was afraid that they would expose the wizarding world and side with the muggles -- around the same time he left the quartet.

Slytherin: “I mean you produce one worst dark wizard of all time and your house is tarnished forever, am I right...” Me a Hufflepuff: “can’t relate.”

just imagine if his son doesnt like Harry Potter.

I would've said that Salazar's use of the basilisk was in case of invaders/witch hunts and so if it ever came down to it, the chamber of secrets could've been used as a bunker for the students to find safety in and Salazar using the basilisk as almost like a guard dog. But because of Salazar's distrust for muggles and caution towards muggleborns, the heirs twisted that very valid fear into something more twisted because if Salazar truly were an evil wizard, I doubt the other founders would've founded a school with him or kept his name as one of the houses.

What if he was trying to be chaotic neutral?

Honestly Salazar sounds a bit like Dumbledore, in that they both did bad things for good reasons but Dumbledore knew where to draw the line.

Gryffindor didn’t steal from the goblins. He owned the sword legitimately, it was after he died that the goblins felt that ownership returned to them.

the thing that bothers me most about the whole “all bad witches and wizards were from slytherin” is that Black was suppose to be really evil right at the time, and he was from gryffindor. I know J.K. Rowling probably didn’t have the plot set up that far yet, but that’s a pretty big accusation to make anyways.

Sounds like Salazar Slytherin was Magneto for wizards.

Do you think, when Salazar was at Hogwarts, he helped out in the Infirmary sometimes? Like how Helga basically ran the kitchens?

Posted this on one of your other Slytherin videos: What if Salazar Slytherin saw a prophecy about the dark lord Voldemort? Therefore he only wanted to allow purebloods to study at Hogwarts as he foresaw the rise of Tom Riddle (who's father was a Muggle)...just a thought... What do you think?

Slytherin is the perfect representation of Anti Social Social Club.

To be fair to ol’ Slytheryn the basilisk is entirely loyal to him so keeping it is much safer than a man-eating plant or a murderous chess board just saying.

Something you said in this video "they have powers, they are your people" made me think of a question I've had in my head for a very long time, and I wanted to get your opinion on it. If muggle-borns are just born with magical powers, equally as powerful as any half or pure blooded wizard, the power just seems to come from no where and enter them at conception or at birth. Doesn't that mean that muggle-borns are the true pure bloods, as their powers were given to them not by blood but by magic power itself, such as what is studied behind the locked door in the Department of Mysteries? They aren't tainted by older magic that runs in the blood of pure and half bloods. They are pure, fresh, new magic that has entered the world. So called mud bloods would seem to have the actually purest blood of all, the purest magic inside them, whereas most half and pure bloods receive magic through blood, magic that is older, corrupted, warped, and changed by those who have used it before passing it on to their children, which might account for the fact that most dark wizards birth dark wizards, even if their children grow up in a different environment, outside of their parent's influence. Look at what happened to Voldemort, with a murderous uncle and a hateful and uncaring grandfather. Blood that has been spoiled by the dark magic that has run through it, and thus corrupts the next generation even more. This might even explain how Slytherin could have decedents like the Gaunts, corrupted and evil from the horrors passed down through their bloodline, while also having another decedent who would live to found Ilvermorney, having little to no corrupt blood passed through her line. I'm not saying that all evil that dark wizards and witches do is because of this, as the blood must be first corrupted then passed down, and so an initial evil must be committed in order for the corruption to begin, growing stronger over time with more evils committed, but this would be a good explanation for Voldemort's initial evil as a child, having so much evil passed down through the Gaunts. Any way, sorry to go on and on like that. Just typing what I'm thinking. Think about it. I think it makes sense. Stay awesome.

Personally, I like to imagine Salazar Slytherin just sort of snapping and creating the chamber in a fit of rage. (He was an extremely powerful wizard, after all. He could probably have done that) Like, he got in one too many arguments with his fellow house-heads, something went wrong and they actually came to blows, then he created the chamber, and left the school. Then, after quite a while, he cooled off and realized that leaving a monster in a school for 11 year olds might have been a bit of a mistake, but by then, relationships had soured with his old friends enough that he couldn't go back and undo his mistake. Then, he spend the rest of his life regretting his actions. I don't think Salazar Slytherin was an evil man. I think he was a human man.

A lot of the common fandom interpretations of Slytherin are that his reputation got twisted by a game of historical telephone. As for the basilisk, a common fan theory is that it was Slytherin's contribution to the defence of the school, which I remind you is in a *castle*, which in the era they were built weren't just decorative status symbols, but designed to withstand *sieges*.

Slytherin was alive 1000 years before the series began, what if what we know about him was basically like a giant game of telephone. What if maybe Slytherin just had a simple disagreement with the other founders, and over the years it was blown out of proportions by the people retelling what happened. What if he intended for the basilisk to be used by his heirs to protect the school in the event of an attack. I gotta say it might have been useful to fight off the Death Eaters in the final battle as long as it could be kept away from Voldemort, that is assuming it would even listen to him over another speaker, because I don’t think being a parcelmouth let’s you control snakes, just talk to them (Am I wrong?). Anyways that was just a long rambling thought, maybe I’m wrong, I don’t know.

Never thought Salazar was evil. He lived in a time when muggles lynched and burned people who they thought were witches. He put that giant snake there to ensure that wouldn't happen to Hogwarts don't @ me

I mean we really don't know why did slytherin put the baslisk there. We know that Tom Riddel used it twice to try rid the school of muggelborns, but we don't really get to know if that is what Slytherin wanted or if it is just lord voldy

Voldemort tarnished the name in current era. Slithern wasnt bad. "Some could say Gryffindor operates 'above and exempt' from the laws/ rules."

I wish that J.K Rowling would write a book from Voldemort’s perspective. Or even the Hogwarts Founders.

all i can say is... FINALLY i was like DID THEY FORGET It WAS TUESDAY

J: We don’t name schools after people who committed genocide Me, a historian: *clears throat* let’s talk about Andrew Jackson...

A fan theory I posted in the comments of another video somewhere but definitely belongs here. Salazar Slitherin was NOT a blood purist. Like the other founders, he was a strongly moral character. The founders set up the four houses so that they could shape the youth according to their nature. The idea was that those who have personalities that would incline them to pursue combat and adventure would go to Gryffindor so he could teach them to be less hot-headed and suicidal about it. Those who would, one way or another, find themselves in scholastic pursuits would go to Ravenclaw so she could teach them to think critically. And those who would, one way or another, find their way into politics, would go to Slitherin, so he could teach them to not be evil. Everyone else would go to Hufflepuff, who would teach loyalty and acceptance so they could be the glue to hold the wizarding community together. The personality traits are how they judged that, and, importantly, the personality trait for Salazar's students was ambition. See, Salazar chose the ambitious not because it was a good (or bad) quality, but because the ambitious would tend to be political creatures, and therefore would need his particular sort of guidance. This was how the school was supposed to work, each house nurturing people for different parts of society, so that they could give specific moral and practical guidance to those inclined toward those parts of society, and do it early enough that it would make an impression. Well, something happened. Muggle-born students of Slitherin took their ambition and turned it against the wizarding world, instead favoring their own blood kin. This was in a time where relations between wizards and muggles was tense at best, and was very harmful toward the wizarding community the founders were trying to nurture. If this kept going, the Hogwarts experiment would fail, and wizards would align with their Houses, not the Hogwarts Houses, but the Clans. Salizar's response was to reject the muggle-born from his House, and insist that Ambitious Muggle-born not be allowed into Hogwarts. Helga was livid. After all, Muggle-born were often shunned by their families, and taking them in was a huge part of the Hogwarts plan, a means of growing the wizarding community, though to her, it was more about protecting children. She said something like "If you don't want them, they can come to MY House!" Of course, Helga wasn't well equipped for curtailing the foibles of the ambitious, so the others chimed in on how to handle them. This was the catalyst for the founders to quarrel over how the Houses should be run; it got messy. Salizar recognized that he, and his presence, was instigating this, so he left. But, he didn't leave the school unguarded. He let the others know he'd left something, just in case. If they needed it, he was confident they could find it. After all, they were brilliant. This something was his Basilisk, left to defend the school against Dark Wizards. His normal method of accessing the Basilisk was cued to his blood, and his family like most of the familial Houses, was full of blood purists. So he added a layer of protection against Blood Purists to this method of access. The details of this became lost to time, until it became the foundation for the myth of the Chamber of Secrets. With Salizar Slitherin gone, there was now a House in Hogwarts that no muggle-born could get into. This turned out to be the best place for blood purists to coagulate, and so Slitherin House became what we know it as, a place less focused on any personal qualities, and more focused on blood purity. This shaped how people perceived Salizar himself, and he was now seen as a blood purist, despite that not being the case. When Tom RIddle got there, he found that he could access the Chamber of Secrets, where Salizar left his Guardian. He was able to bypass the protections against blood-purists by the simple merit of being a half-blood. Thus, the myth of the Chamber of Secrets became a reality. Tom Riddle's influence on Slitherin House was an affirmation of the bigotry that had already invaded it, and so we have the Slitherin we see in the books.

Slytherin and Gryffindor are two sides of the same coin.

Here's my thought. I believe, and you may even like this, cause it encourages Slytherin Pride, that the Basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets may be the last line of defense were there to be an incursion or purge at Hogwarts that would put at risk the lives of the students and staff members. Slytherin's fear of Muggles at the time may have been so dire and extreme, that, unbeknownst to even the other three founders, he would have placed a beast that would strictly target Muggles and Muggle-born. Later on I imagine that the story would've turned to legend, mixed in with Slytherin's own ideals and created a false prophecy whereby some heir would come and purge the school of non magic folk. Is it extreme? Yes. Does it make Slytherin an evil wizard? Not at all. In fact I'd consider him a Magneto type of character, where his greatest fear is the full annihilation of his people, and though he left the school, he left an ultimate weapon capable of tipping the scales in their favour. So I say point goes to Slytherin. That said, I'm a Ravenclaw.

Griffinndor is overrated. You can probably guess which house I am in.😑

Gryffindor: *SALAZAR!!!* Slytherin: *GODRICK!!!* Gryffindor: *SALAZAR!!!* Slytherin: *GODRICK!!!* Gryffindor: *SALAZAR!!!* Slytherin: *GODRICK!!!* Goku: Goku!

Life of Salazar slytherin would make such a great story J.K should write that

Hey Jay! Although HP universe often associates snakes witg evil. But for us, Indians, snakes are not evil. "Nagini" is an actual name for Self transforming Snake-woman, who is once again NOT Evil. And even in ancient india, people used snake venom to strengthen their immunity. They say "excess of a good thing is dangerous" and "a drop of poison is a medicine". This is a good discussion on the "morality of a fictional wizard"

Well a fun fact was around Salazar's time, being bias towards muggleborns was considered rare and unusual. Many magic users saw muggles that could use magic as unique and many liked them cuz of it.

I always thought that Salazar Slytherin left the basilisk in the dungeons as last defense for the desperate situation: should the school be under attack and lives of the students in grave danger. Also, yes, he was paranoid about Muggle-born students because they potentially could have blurted out something to their families or be tricked to reveal the secret of the school. He thought they couldn’t afford the risk of divided loyalty when they had the responsibility to protect the lives of the children in dangerous and ruthless times. Paranoia is one of the key traits for every Slytherin and it made the difference between life and death more than once for Snape and Slughorn, for example. Years after, those two facts became distorted and tangled up into this whole “ethnic cleansing” horror story. Did Slytherin hurt any of the Muggle-born students in his life? Why would he leave the snake behind to do it later? Doesn’t make any sense. Mind you, the basilisk was obedient and listened to his instructions. Moreover, it was safely hidden for a thousand years, and no one could find it. No one, for a thousand years. Despite multiple attempts and thorough examinations of the school by talented wizards. Except one arrogant little s**t who happened to have a gift of parseltongue, had his own ideas, and used the snake to his own ends, marring the name of the entire House. But still, a horrible monster, within the school walls, tsk-tsk-tsk. You know who else smuggled a horrible monster inside the school? Not for protection, but because he thought it was cute. Not locked up and hidden, but out on the loose. Not isolated, obedient and kept in-check, but with a mate and procreating like there’s no tomorrow, creating an army of out-of-control man-eating monsters. Not hundreds of years ago, but in modern times? Right you are - Hagrid. I still don’t get how Slytherin is evil for being cautions and safely hiding a basilisk for protection of the students, and Hagrid is lovable for being careless and breading a horde of giant spiders within the school grounds. Either they both are wrong for endangering other people or they both get a pass for their ultimately good intentions (or just the lack of bad ones in Hagrid’s case?)

Not exactly related, but there's a great part in one of the sorting hat songs that gives us an interesting insight into Slytherin. "The houses that, like pillars four/Had once held up our school/Now turned upon each other and/Divided, sought to rule" It goes on to mention friend fighting friend, and Slytherin departing the school forever which ended the fighting. At no point does the Sorting Hat (who was present during that time) throw any blame around. It talks instead ab out how each of the houses had disagreements about who should be taught. Is Slytherin not teaching muggleborns any worse that Ravenclaw only teaching clever kids, or Gryfindor only teaching those "with brave deeds to their name"? If anything, Slytherin is the bigger person, and leaves the school to cause a de-escalation of the situation. I'd reiterate what others have said about the basilisk, but I'm sure you get the idea. Interestingly, the chamber has been opened several times in the past - notably what the then-current slytherin heir hid the trapdoor whilst the plumbing was installed in the 18th century. But except for Riddle, we never hear about any times that it came out to starting killing people. I mean, the ghosts would surely mention other times in the past that it'd been opened for killings if it'd happened? So other heirs to Slytherin are confirmed to have opened the snake hole, and not gone mad with killing, so maybe there's more to the story there too.

Who doesn’t have a giant snake in their basement? Just me? Oh. 😓

Other people have pointed it out but I never viewed Slytherin as evil (coming from a Ravenclaw). Like you said yourself muggles were pretty good about killing magic people at this time. I think the paranoia that Slytherin had was passed down through his family even as times got better but he had real reason for the paranoia. I don't think he was keeping the Basilisk there to outrightly attack anybody I think he kept it there for protection if the time ever came for it (you guys mentioned this yourself in another video).

The big “snake” in the basements was a leg-less lizard

Salad bar slytherin

Even Harry reassures his kid that being in Slytherin doesn’t make you a bad person and that he knows a very brave person (Snape) who was sorted into Slytherin

Salazar actually was quite tame with muggles as u only see the basilisk going around the grounds of Hogwarts also it actually had to be released meaning Salazar just had it as a last resort defence kind of thing

Good intentions led by justified fears resulting in a negative/unfair impact. Classic I would say.

Dumbledore: Tom, Salazar Slytheriin is evil! Tom: From my point of view the mudbloods are evil! Dumbledore: Then you are lost!

I always wondered how the Horcrux in Harry survived until the 7th book when he was actually bitten by the basilisk in the chamber of secrets.

Salazar Slytherins Basilisk can be defended! It was Tom Riddles diary that made Ginny write the evil threat on the wall in blood and open the chamber of secrets. I believe Salazar hid his pet there so that it wouldn't harm anyone and no one would harm it, which is why it is a Secret! D:

I have a question for all of you. I was watching crimes of grindlewald again and I noticed something. When grindlewald is calling people to come inside the circle of fire he says to “proclaim eternal loyalty”. I think that means that at some point if queenie ever tries to redeem herself and become good again she’ll die for betraying her oath. Let me know if you guys agree.

Slytherin: "I mean you produce one worst dark wizard of all time and your house is tarnished forever, am I right.." Me as a ravenclaw: "I mean we had the guy who had that worst dark wizard of all time living in the back of his head... does that count?

@SuperCarlinBrothers What are your thoughts on the idea that Voldemort and the other heirs repurposed the Basilisk and the Chamber of Secrets for more nefarious purposes? We really don't have much information from Slytherin himself on the setup; just Voldemort and Gryffindor's words- and they're both biased.

Slytherin likely was the potions master, it's teaching post most in tune with the duality of snakes. Might also explain why almost every known potion master seems to be a Slytherin, it's a trait that he likely prizes.

Asclipius : Heals people Hades : Am I a joke to you ?

New camera too?? Everything looks great!!

Honestly, I never saw Salazar as evil. Let’s face it, history is written by the victors. I could see the three other founders writing slander about him after he left. As for his actions, I would like to see a prequel series on the four founders. See them start hogwarts, friendship between Gyffindor and Slytherin, and why they had the different viewpoints.

in Slytherins defense: at the time of the founding of the school, there is a chance that he didnt want Muggleborn Mages in the school, because they didnt have the necessary knowladge (werent taught about the basics by their parents)

One look at the Dursleys and knowing Hagrid, Dumbledore, and several other wizards and witches told them about the magical world... Maybe Slytherin wasn't too far off.

**crashes out of pipes** Basalisk: WAhahAHHAHAaHHAh!!!!

Godric:hey what's the giant basement you are building? Salazar:oh just the chamber of s.. um safety Basilisk:sssssss Godric:what's that? Salazar:um ssssafety

I think what people always overlook is the relationship between the magical world and the muggles i think it was more trying to protect his world as you put it

If you worked at Hogwarts I feel like you would make a good History of Magic professor

I’ve had the same thoughts before about slytherin only being against muggleborns because he was protective of wizards but as I’ve thought about it more, that logic doesn’t make any sense. If your goal was to keep wizards safe from persecution by muggles, which Slytherin’s was, inviting them into your magic school is a way to decrease the chance of persecution, not increase. Let me explain. If we follow Slytherin’s model and ban muggleborns from attending, then those muggleborns are going to be left to grow up in normal society with magical powers, and have no knowledge of how to control those powers. The families and communities that these muggleborns come from would inevitably find out about their magic because the muggleborns has never been told by anyone else that their magic was normal but should still be concealed from muggles. Not only would those muggleborns be under great or even certain threat of being persecuted for their magic, they would also alert many people to the existence of magic, which would make muggles more likely to go out and hunt down other witches or wizards. So, obviously the better way to handle the situation would be to enrol the muggleborns at hogwarts, and either explain to them what magic is and tell them not to perform it around their families, or explain magic to the family but ensure them that it isn’t dangerous and there is no need to hang their own child for it. That way the muggleborns can learn about magic at hogwarts, safe from persecution, and fewer muggles are made aware of magic and thus less likely to persecute other witches and wizards. Tl;dr The logic that Slytherin kept out muggleborns in order to protect magic users doesn’t make any logistical sense when you actually think about how it would work

In defense of the basilisk, it required someone to come in and direct it to start the killing. So you could argue it was a contingency plan he entrusted to his heir to ensure that if something were to happen to endanger the school, the school would have a defense system that only his heir would know about.

Well, when you put it that way, Slytherin's desire to be cautious about whom they let into the school is understandable. Yes, the basilisk was probably overkill, but in Salazar's eyes, he would be protecting his people from being killed off.

What if the snake was put there for protection of the school like the statues but specificaly agenst the only enemy at the time... muggles

Him fangirling over the new set is my absolutely new favorite thing

Merlin is a slyrtherin that wanted peace beetween muggles and wizards

Fun fact: The second one from the bottom is a caduceus, which is the symbol of Hermes. It’s commonly confused with the Rod of Asclepius, which is what the other two are. Another fun fact: Along with healing, Asclepius had a few other misadventures, one of which was the hunt of the Calydonian Boar (the boar killed by Atalanta, the only female Greek hero we know about).

As it was pointed out, the two most famous Slytherin descendants used his power for contrasting purposes: death and healing. This reminds me of how in the finale of Cosmos, "Who Speaks for Earth?" Carl Sagan show that those seeking knowledge (Scientists or Explorers) can use it both for life and death, and that the very same technology (nuclear physics) could either heal our destructive impact on the Earth (by providing clean energy), or end the life us and most of Earth's inhabitants (by nuclear war). Carl Sagan, from a completely Atheistic perspective, thought it was best represented quoting from the Bible "I call Heaven and Earth to witness before you this day that I have set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore choose life, that thou mayst live, thou and thy seed." Theory: The legacy of Slytherin is the Wizarding world's nuclear physics.

If we take the view that Salazar slytherin's monster was there sort of as an insurance policy. I think the phrase "Purge the school of Mugglesborns" is really what makes it a problem. Now if he had told his Heir something to the effect of "If the muggle-borns ever betray the school, unleashed the monster." At that point it would be a lot more possible...it would be like having a strategic nuclear Arsenal that you really don't intend to use cuz you really don't want to Have to use it. After all when Hogwarts was retrofitted to have Plumbing the heir of Slytherin only really concealed the entrance. He didn't take the opportunity to unleash the snake on the school.

I like to imagine the relationship between Gryffindor and Slytherin to be a lot like the relationship between Professor Xavier and Magneto. Two best friends that want to protect a powerful yet persecuted group, but that ultimately become enemies because of moral disagreements on how to go about it.

Wandwood with healing properties, original founder, friendship with a someone that prized chivalry... It feels safe to say that Slytherin didn't *start out* evil. It seems like his descent into wizard supremacy was gradual.

History is written by the winners. I would like to hear Salazar's point of view before judging.

He’s right. Not all slytherins are bad. Had Harry been sorted to slytherin would he have been considered bad? No! He would have still defeated Voldemort. And he probably would have changed the entire perspective of slytherins just by being there

What really is impressive about Salazar Slytherin is that according to information I have found on the internet, whether if it's true or not, Slytherin was a friend of Godric Gryffindor when in reality those two houses are enemies.

Me: yes I Slytherin J:we are on Harry’s side Me:we are?!?!?!

Can you imagine if there was a snake in every high school basement??

I knew it, Ben is forced to hide in Jon's shadow every Episode he isn't in.

Happy one year anniversary of the new set you guys!

I once read a fanfiction when I was 14 where Salazar Slytherin was still alive and told Harry & Hermione that the reason why he wanted Muggle-borns out of Hogwarts was because they would use magic to hurt themselves and each other, so separation was a noble sacrifice wizards would have to be responsible enough to undertake in order to protect Muggles for their own safety. It kind of BLEW MY MIND.

Ultimately, I don't think Salazar was evil per-say. I think he was attracted to power, fascinated by the Dark Arts, and above all else, morally grey. In other words, Slytherin just DOES NOT CARE about the distinction between good and evil. They mean nothing in his eyes. Whether his ambition hurts people, or helps them, is of no importance to him. He's never going to go out of his way to be a good person, nor is he actively trying to be evil. But this acute amorality, combined with powerlust and knowledge of forbidden practices leads almost inevitably to evil acts. The snake isn't a symbol of evil. As you say, it's also a very common healing animal. The snake of Slytherin House is really like an ouroboros -- a symbol of DUALITY. But the dark side of that duality sticks out to us.

I forget, how exactly do we learn of the Basilisk's purpose?.... If it was just from Tom Riddle, then it is possible it could be a case of Unreliable narrator, and that it actually has a different purpose (protect the school in times of emergencies?), but Tomas either lied or misinterpreted the meaning. Maybe he thought "protect it from muggle born/half-bloods if to many come in" when it was actually "Protect from muggles in case they find the school and march an army with power weapons like guns".

"I assure you, if you ask any modern day, real world slytherin, they will tell you voldemort sucks!" me: *laughs awkwardly* yeah... definitely...

Marring a witch or wizard is a very good decision. Since wizards use fricking GOLD as currency you could get your self a HUGE muggle fortune.🤑🤑🤑🤑