What does Slytherin mean to you?
Class. –DM
Being clever without spending your whole life striving for academic approval. – SS
Having the best parties, the best clothes and the best sex. –BZ
Being rich enough to wear gossamer dress robes and sleep in green velvet four posters. And being able to get off with certain hot pure-blood boys. Who have white-blonde hair. – PP
Er… I dunno. – VC
Uh, working your way up to power, I think, that's what my dad told me, or working for someone who is powerful. – GG
I think the Slytherin part of me is clever and quick-thinking but prefers to spend their time sleeping in. – DG
Not putting a foot wrong. – AG
Blood and brains. – TRJ/LV
Torturing people! Crucio! Teehee! – BL
Making connections and staying clever. Say, aren't you top of your year? Why don't you come to tea? – HS
In my day, Slytherin was about preserving your own integrity and never letting down your guard for anyone. Nowadays, it seems Slytherin is about masked balls and casual thuggery. Times change. – PNB
Having old money and sass. – LM
In my opinion, camaraderie and tradition. – NM
Getting away with stuff. – MB
Being unfairly stereotyped and marginalised. And never winning anything. And killing Gryffindors. – MF
Being the best at everything but not winning because you use tactics that Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs think are 'unethical'. So unfair. – TH
Beating up Hufflepuffs. – AP
Making sure the rules, no matter what they are, are followed. At any cost. Have you got the blood of an adorable bunny rabbit? I'm a little thirsty. – DU
This survey has certainly been interesting and illuminating.
Disclaimer: I'm actually not an anti-Slytherin, and I'm Slytherin myself. In fact, I find Slytherin characteristics to be useful and not evil and the characters to be the most complex and fascinating, and Rowling's authorial bias is a little irritating and black-and-white morally. I'm just playing on those characters who we meet. Also, I kinda love the Slytherin stereotype of horny homicidal hedonists, despite the fact it's not always true.