Ranting about the hat (was one of those lots of subject things)

[prefectmarcus at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 23731

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Amanda Lewanski <editor at t...> wrote:
> Milz wrote:
> 
> > The Sorting Hat looks into a person and places that person into 
the
> > house that most closely matches his characteristics. Harry is an
> > exception because he persuaded the Sorting Hat to do otherwise. 
But
> > the Sorting Hat picked up on Harry's Slytherin-like qualities 
first.
> 
> Milz, you, with just about everyone else, is standing there with a 
hook
> in your mouth. I may be wrong, but it gets me every time how people 
toss
> around as a given this notion that the sorting hat was all set to 
put
> Harry in Slytherin.
> --Amanda

You are correct, Madam.  However, please be careful to note make the 
leap from Headed-for-Slytherin, to Never-considered-for-Slytherin.  
Remember what the hat said in CoS.  "I stand by what I said before.  
You *would* have done well in Slytherin."  I am not saying you have, 
but just a caution.

I agree that the hat was on the verge of sending him to Slytherin, but 
it hadn't necessarily ruled it out either.

Marcus