Aligned with Good

Monera Mason
Sep 8, 2018 · 2 min read

How I stopped being Slytherin and learned to love Gryffindor

I was always a bit of a rebel with a dark side. Or more realistically I never fit in, and the dark side came calling like a beloved friend. The romantic boyfriend with a single rose and matching mascara, but the only thing you share is sadness.

That’s what a lot of villains have in common, right? A sad backstory of alienation where they didn’t fit the norm. Bad Guy decides that the only way to get the respect they so richly deserve is to burn it all down. Darth Vader and Voldemort have always seemed so mysterious…

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