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Many years later, Professor Potter sat alone at his desk in the headmaster’s office. It had been strange for him to get used to sitting on this side of the desk. A letter was open in front of him. His granddaughters, the twin daughters of Lily and Scorpius, were up to trouble again, and their antics had led to the full flooding of the old chamber of secrets.He smiled. It was good to know that some things would always stay the same.A sound came from down the staircase. The old gargoyle was moving, and at this late hour. A minute later, a tall figure with a full beard appeared.Hello Professor.Hello, Harry. Are you ready to come home?“I am ready.”Harry stood up, leaving his body behind, and walked towards a door he had never quite noticed before. He opened it, paused for only a moment, and walked through.A train station awaited him. And next to a station named 9 7/8, he saw his parents.Welcome home, Harry..

Well, to begin with, the two answers claiming Albus Severus is a pure-blood are wrong. To quote Pottermore: “The term ‘pure-blood’ refers to a family or individual without Muggle (non-magic) blood.”[1] As that is nearly impossible to verify and achieve, blood status largely depends on one’s opinions rather than anything objective. However, a person with two Muggle great-grandparents like Al cannot really be considered pure-blood by any definition of the term. Imagine the reverse: Can a person with two magical great-grandparents be considered Muggleborn? No.So, how did Al end up in Slytherin? Well, the answer is that Slytherin doesn’t accept only pure-bloods. Voldemort himself was a half-blood, his father being as Muggle as one can be. Snape’s father was also a Muggle. Slytherin mistrusted Muggleborns and valued blood purity, but there’s little evidence he disliked or didn’t accept half-bloods. His basilisk only targeted Muggleborns, for example (and I repeat that Voldemort, a half-blood, was the heir of Slytherin). Last but not least, according to the Slytherin welcome letter on Pottermore, “nowadays you’ll find plenty of people in Slytherin house who have at least one Muggle parent.” This means that there might be even some Muggleborn Slytherins—or, at least, wizards born of a Muggle and a Muggleborn wizards.Footnotes[1] Pure-Blood - Pottermore

Largely because of Pottermore.Pre-Pottermore, there still were many self-identified Slytherins, but the majority of them were people obsessed with Draco Malfoy or people who got a kick out of being edgy.When the original (and superior) Pottermore was released, the Sorting Quiz allowed real people to be Sorted into any one of the four houses. Now that real people could be placed in Slytherin, it could not longer be branded as the “Evil House.” No one wants to feel bad about their house designation, so Slytherin’s face had to change:Congratulations! I'm Prefect Gemma Farley, and I'm delighted to welcome you to SLYTHERIN HOUSE. Our emblem is the serpent, the wisest of creatures; our house colours are emerald green and silver, and our common room lies behind a concealed entrance down in the dungeons. As you'll see, its windows look out into the depths of the Hogwarts lake. We often see the giant squid swooshing by – and sometimes more interesting creatures. We like to feel that our hangout has the aura of a mysterious, underwater shipwreck.Now, there are a few things you should know about Slytherin – and a few you should forget.Firstly, let's dispel a few myths. You might have heard rumours about Slytherin house – that we’re all into the Dark Arts, and will only talk to you if your great-grandfather was a famous wizard, and rubbish like that. Well, you don't want to believe everything you hear from competing houses. I'm not denying that we’ve produced our share of Dark wizards, but so have the other three houses – they just don't like admitting it. And yes, we have traditionally tended to take students who come from long lines of witches and wizards, but nowadays you'll find plenty of people in Slytherin house who have at least one Muggle parent.Here's a little-known fact that the other three houses don't bring up much: Merlin was a Slytherin. Yes, Merlin himself, the most famous wizard in history! He learned all he knew in this very house! Do you want to follow in the footsteps of Merlin? Or would you rather sit at the old desk of that illustrious ex-Hufflepuff, Eglantine Puffett, inventor of the Self-Soaping Dishcloth?I didn't think so.But that's enough about what we’re not. Let's talk about what we are, which is the coolest and edgiest house in this school. We play to win, because we care about the honour and traditions of Slytherin.We also get respect from our fellow students. Yes, some of that respect might be tinged with fear, because of our Dark reputation, but you know what? It can be fun, having a reputation for walking on the wild side. Chuck out a few hints that you've got access to a whole library of curses, and see whether anyone feels like nicking your pencil case.But we’re not bad people. We’re like our emblem, the snake: sleek, powerful, and frequently misunderstood.For instance, we Slytherins look after our own – which is more than you can say for Ravenclaw. Apart from being the biggest bunch of swots you ever met, Ravenclaws are famous for clambering over each other to get good marks, whereas we Slytherins are brothers. The corridors of Hogwarts can throw up surprises for the unwary, and you'll be glad you've got the Serpents on your side as you move around the school. As far as we’re concerned, once you've become a snake, you're one of ours – one of the elite.Because you know what Salazar Slytherin looked for in his chosen students? The seeds of greatness. You've been chosen by this house because you've got the potential to be great, in the true sense of the word. All right, you might see a couple of people hanging around the common room whom you might not think are destined for anything special. Well, keep that to yourself. If the Sorting Hat put them in here, there's something great about them, and don't you forget it.And talking of people who aren’t destined for greatness, I haven't mentioned the Gryffindors. Now, a lot of people say that Slytherins and Gryffindors represent two sides of the same coin. Personally, I think Gryffindors are nothing more than wannabe Slytherins. Mind you, some people say that Salazar Slytherin and Godric Gryffindor prized the same kinds of students, so perhaps we are more similar than we like to think. But that doesn't mean that we cosy up with Gryffindors. They like beating us only slightly less than we like beating them.A few more things you might need to know: our house ghost is the Bloody Baron. If you get on the right side of him he'll sometimes agree to frighten people for you. Just don't ask him how he got bloodstained; he doesn't like it.The password to the common room changes every fortnight. Keep an eye on the noticeboard. Never bring anyone from another house into our common room or tell them our password. No outsider has entered it for more than seven centuries.Well, I think that's all for now. I'm sure you'll like our dormitories. We sleep in ancient four-posters with green silk hangings, and bedspreads embroidered with silver thread. Medieval tapestries depicting the adventures of famous Slytherins cover the walls, and silver lanterns hang from the ceilings. You'll sleep well; it's very soothing, listening to the lake water lapping against the windows at night.This welcome letter is ingenious. Not only does it make Slytherin sound extremely appealing, but it also demonstrates the qualities that Slytherin values. It appeals to the need to feel elite that many Slytherins naturally have, appeals to their ambition, and it emphasizes the feeling of cool edginess that makes Slytherin fun without overdoing it. It also vindicates Slytherin without any denial.Slytherin is by far the most popular house in the fandom, not in spite of Rowling’s vilification but rather because of it. Now that real people had officially been Sorted into Slytherin, they had to take back Slytherin’s name and prove that it wasn’t all bad. I like the fandom Slytherin, a lot. I think it’s good that Slytherin has a better face and that people are proud to be in it!I just wish that redeeming Slytherin didn’t have to involve bashing Gryffindor. For some reason, it often does, even in that welcome letter! In the case of the welcome letter, it makes sense in-universe, but a lot of fans (even on this thread!) try to make Slytherin look better by saying, “Well, Gryffindors were WORSE! Look at James/Sirius/Fred and George/Ron/Ginny/Dumbledore/James/McGonagall/Harry… and look at JAMES! But no one ever complains about them because Gryffindors are righteous and perfect and blah blah *insert snide passive-aggression here*!” Seriously, people: If you want to make your house look better, whataboutism is not the way to do it. I’ve never met a single person in the fandom who genuinely believes that Gryffindors can do no wrong, at least not above the age of twelve. Gryffindor is far from perfect, and Gryffindor and Slytherin will always be rivals, but bringing Slytherin up should not have to involve putting Gryffindor down (especially if you’re trying to improve your reputation!).I mean, I get that Slytherins can be vindictive and I don’t blame them, but I don’t appreciate my house getting trampled underfoot, either. We don’t have to be friends, but can we at least stop shitting on each other?Slytherin is the most popular house in the fandom because, now that people can be Sorted into it and many more people claim it as part of their identity, the fans have done everything in their power to reclaim it. (Hufflepuff also gets a lot of attention in the fandom because of how underrated and belittled it is in the books. Ravenclaw is the most underrated house overall.) And I like that! I like fandom-Slytherin! It deserves the love it’s gotten. It takes everything that we love about villainous characters (like Loki) and spins it around into something positive.Sarah McLean's answer to Can you be a good person and be in Slytherin house?