Heir to Gryffindor

[bethyellen at hotmail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 29142

Interesting, and in some parts I agree.
Dumbledore has always been described as having powers strong enough 
to rival Voldemort but is too "noble" to use them.
We know that Voldemort is a decendent from Salazar, if Dumbldore's 
powers rival his then could he be the heir of Gryffindor. Also, it 
hint in the books that Salazar almost played second fiddle to Godric, 
were his power's stronger? Are Dumbledore's?

Secondly, Lily Potter died to save her son. It clearly says in the 
books that she died saving Harry, suggesting she didn't have to die. 
Why kill Harry and James? If James was heir, surely Harry would be.
This could be the reason Vodemort wanted them dead, but not Lily.
Maybe, he just wanted her to suffer, having to watch them die...
But let's not forget Harry pulled out Godric's sword from the 
sorthing hat, only a *true* Gryffindor could do that!!!!

Bethyellen

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Margaret Thomas <magsthomas at y...> wrote:
> > Message: 13
> >    Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 13:29:41 -0000
> >    From: "Yamilée" <ymekelly at y...>
> > Subject: Re: Heir to Gryffindor
> > 
> > A couple of things come to me when I read this post.
> > 
> > 1.  What if Dumbledore is the heir to Gryffindor? 
> > We have never seen 
> > his true powers (only herd of them).  And we haven't
> > seen Voldemort 
> > and Dumbledore face off.  Why is that?  Voldemort
> > says he is the most 
> > powerful wizard but goes after babies and boys.  I
> > think the clash 
> > between Dumbledor and Voldemort is what we are all
> > waiting to see.
> 
> 
> Thought you had some great questions! The first one
> intrigued me most.  Can / should we presume that the
> current headmaster has blood ties to one of the
> school's four founders?  What threat does Dumbledore
> pose to Voldemort (apart from his previous record
> defeating Grindelwald)?
> 
> I agree that we're missing a confrontation between
> Dumbledore and Voldemort -- either pre-Harry or yet to
> be staged.  If you subscribe to the
> Dumbledore-as-Phoenix hypothesis, maybe that's what
> we're gearing for in the fifth installment....hmmm...
> 
> Would fall in line with the "Mentor sacrifices self to
> Villain but he knows something we don't know"
> convention Lucas used with Obi Wan and Darth Vader in
> Star Wars: A New Hope.
> 
> - M.
> 
> 
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