Scott Jamison wrote:
"You're a surprise," said a voice in his head. It was the hat's
voice, but it seemed to be speaking to him alone now. "It's rather
messy inside your mind, did you know that? You need to take charge
of your own destiny, so for you, it's--"
"Slytherin!" it shouted out loud.
Odd. I would have given that as the *least* likely of the houses to be
suited to him (with Gryffindor in second place); from what little we've
seen of his personality so far he seems like a shoo-in for the
stereotypically timid Hufflepuff (even though that's probably an
inaccurate stereotype), and I thought I'd seen a couple of hints of an
underlying intelligence which might have qualified him for Ravenclaw -
which would have been the most appropriate by virtue of being so
dreadfully *in*appropriate for the stereotype of the Dursley.
Admittedly the presence of Draco in a positive role indicated that the
fic was probably moving in this direction, but I had hoped for something
not quite so implausible (and, arguably, cliche'd - I've seen "a few,
too many" fics make the protagonist Slytherin with the obvious intent of
showing that They're Not So Bad After All... which of course they
aren't, but that's not a good enough reason by itself). Still, it's
possible that you have enough up your sleeve at which you haven't yet
hinted to be able to justify it later on; we shall see.