[HPforGrownups] Re: Ranting about the hat (was one of those lots of subject things)

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 23735

prefectmarcus at yahoo.com wrote:

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

I don't think the hat was on the verge of sending him to Slytherin at
all. I don't think the balance had tipped at all yet. I think the only
reason the hat gave Harry any extra info was that Harry initiated the
whole Not Slytherin dialogue. The hat gave reasons why Slytherin would
have worked. But it never said it was aiming him there; it just gave the
impression that Slytherin would have been an option.

I'm not saying that the hat might not ultimately have put him there, had
he kept his mental mouth shut; I'm just saying that I don't think it was
anywhere near decided before the dialogue.

--Amanda


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