Hogwarts: Atypical Slytherin

Everyone wants to be a good person, even Slytherins are no exception, even high-ranking purebloods are no exception.

Every criminal has a beginning. Barring any inherent personality defects, the first sentence they use to defend themselves must be, I don’t know, I didn’t expect the consequences to be like that.

Most importantly, most petty criminals share one characteristic that is also common among litigants in ordinary civil cases: "They are afraid of being a bad person."

That's weird, right? If a person doesn't want to be the "bad guy," then he shouldn't break that scene or rule. These are people who break the rules for one reason or another and hate the multiplication that comes with it.

But what if the cause was an accident?

The law does not sanction accidents, and no one is criminally punished. But a tiny mistake can break a person's image.

You might be considered careless for breaking a cup.

Claudia thought that she had found the most critical factor.

After this incident, the other Slytherin girl's expression couldn't be said to be bad. For her, this was just an accident and she could have been a flawless good person.

But because of this accident, she needs to humbly seek forgiveness from another person. If she obtains Majia's forgiveness, then Majia will become that good person.

She has to get the other person's understanding.

What an embarrassing thing!

Claudia's experience watching Maga. Danica looked horribly ugly as she sat next to her the next day.

If a person wishes to blame someone else for his own mistakes, this is a simple matter.

For example, if I spilled the milk because the other person didn't put things away, it was not my fault - it was her fault, so Danica can still be a "good person."

But in fact, Majia's milk was placed very far inside. If they hadn't noticed, no one would usually reach out and knock over the milk placed inside the table - but that's what happened.

Claudia remembered Ms. Duffin’s reasoning:

"At that time, people found that things did not develop as they imagined, so they needed to find new reasons to comfort themselves and put themselves in a 'good' position without making mistakes. This situation occurs in various groups. Appear."

This indicates that as a child, if his positioning is broken due to a small accident, he needs to find his missing "positioning" through other means.

The best way is to nail the person who did nothing wrong to the table of shame.

Majia didn't do anything. She forgave him on the spot.

But the unexpected occurrence has already made the other party feel guilty.

Sensitive children who have not received normal guidance choose to shape the "victim" into the "perpetrator" in order to ensure their legitimate status and smooth away the embarrassing memories.

Danica's friends, by forming a consensus with Danica about hating Maja, spread rumors about Maja, making them closer to each other.

"Having a common dislike can quickly form a small group of new acquaintances. In a group, responsibility will become diffuse, which means that each person's attack can bear a smaller cost - a situation of irresponsibility It will gradually start to emerge.”

This was originally Ms. Duffin's warning not to underestimate the power of responsibility psychology in the group, but it fit well with Danica's character model.

Slytherins often fight for their own interests, and most of them develop along the way.

This means that they would not choose to be the one to interrupt such an event if a voice became mainstream in a way that did not undermine their interests - and possibly even make them a "good person."

But now that people don't know each other, Majia has become a good sacrifice.

This is a terrible incident, not just because of the harm it caused to the person involved, but because of the irreversible image.

Majia asked Claudia what she thought, and Claudia understood deeply that Majia could no longer live the original life she wanted.

Once the grudge exists in the heart, it will be difficult for both parties to establish a close relationship again.

So Claudia responded to her: "There is nothing you can do, Maja."

Maja looked in disbelief at the only savior she thought could possibly help her at the moment. She got an unexpectedly bad answer.

"Yes." Claudia responded to her, "There is no misunderstanding between you, Maja, and there is no situation to resolve the misunderstanding. People like to call this situation a group of good people getting lost, but I don't. think."

Although people can change, it is not something a "good person" would do in this matter, passing the responsibility on others to others. All she wants to maintain is her own image and her own good positioning of herself, but this does not presuppose harming others.

And teaching a child how to deal with his own mistakes is a matter for society and parents. There may still be friends, but they won’t be the ones being bullied.

"What you have to do now is to break away from the environment you are in," she said. "Find your own group, break away from the existing group, and then fade out of people's sight."

"How is this possible?"

"Ignore the sounds that you find strange first." Claudia replied, "Find something you like to do, Quidditch, reading, studying spells, magical animals, any of them, and then find a group that always has the same hobbies. Stay with them."

"If someone is causing trouble for you openly, point out the core points and try to stay where others can see you. Then, go back and put a stop to the behavior."

"Shout, speak loudly about this matter, the most important thing is to dare to resist, but not to intensify the conflict."

"If it doesn't affect your life or harm you with actual actions, then go about your own business first."

"The most important thing is to be yourself, the best version of yourself, Maja."

"Or wait for the new members of the study association." Claudia smiled at her, "Of course, the premise is that you must meet our membership conditions."

Majia didn't get the answer she wanted. She originally just wanted to seek asylum, but she got an ambiguous answer.

This kind of thing is easy to say. It was precisely because of her sensitivity that she smelled the coming rain before things started to ferment. How could she ignore those sounds?

She shook her head and was forced to think about what she wanted to do next.