Just gonna add to your point but with a slightly different factor. Fanfiction, the Harry Potter fandom had a massive chunk that was almost entirely devoted to fanfiction from smut to viscous deconstruction it existed. This means that folks may have legit grown to respect fanfiction Slytherin and to a degree forgotten about the book/movie version because they were exposed to an entirely different interpretation.
Also for those who don’t believe me go to A03, Fanfiction dot net, or fuck even space battle forums and look at the sheer numbers. It’s right fucken absurd to a degree, ain’t judging I’m a bitch for star wars fanfics but still it’s easy to forget just how big that section of the Harry Potter fandom was.
Just gonna add to your point but with a slightly different factor. Fanfiction, the Harry Potter fandom had a massive chunk that was almost entirely devoted to fanfiction from smut to viscous deconstruction it existed. This means that folks may have legit grown to respect fanfiction Slytherin and to a degree forgotten about the book/movie version because they were exposed to an entirely different interpretation.
Also for those who don’t believe me go to A03, Fanfiction dot net, or fuck even space battle forums and look at the sheer numbers. It’s right fucken absurd to a degree, ain’t judging I’m a bitch for star wars fanfics but still it’s easy to forget just how big that section of the Harry Potter fandom was.