Talk:Hogwarts AU/@comment-99.118.64.7-20141117161653/@comment-25808308-20141210233219

Ambitious? No, I don't think that counted as ambition at all. More like curiosity. She wanted to know what it was despite her fear, and she kept said curiosity for eighteen years. But that certainly wasn't ambition.

And I don't recall her manipulating anyone, at least no maliciously? She gained people's trust and help by being her sassy self, and in the case of the thugs, her kindness. And anyway, manipulation isn't a Slytherin trait, last I checked. If you want to talk about her Slytherin traits, I'd go for determination, cleverness, fraternity, and resourcefullness definitely.