Perhaps it's just been too long since I've read the book, but was Slughorn even aware of the fact that they called it the 'Slug Club'? Slughorn seems to me someone who likes to be amused, likes status, and this is simply the functional workings of what can be referred to as the 'Good Ol' Boys Club' (though absent and gender or racial overtones). Like salons, back in the day. Those beneath a certain status (innate connection, like Ginny) were permitted in because they were amusing, or popular, or something interesting.
I think many of us are rather the same in how we pick our own circles of friends: we look for someone who fits in. Which criteria we use often varies from person to person.
And I'd have joined. Social networks are v.handy things.
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Date: 2009-04-10 08:27 pm (UTC)I think many of us are rather the same in how we pick our own circles of friends: we look for someone who fits in. Which criteria we use often varies from person to person.
And I'd have joined. Social networks are v.handy things.
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