Harry's First Dream: In retrospect...

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No: HPFGUIDX 27482

Kidzero asked:

> {- Was it Voldemort magically trying to influence Harry to join 
> Slytherin and the 'dark side' through his dreams?
> 
> or
> 
> - Was it Harry having a true vision of his destiny that was supposed 
> to be with the Slytherins? (which he chose against)

...and Leslie responded: 
> 
> My response would be neither.  I took the dream as Harry's 
subconscious clueing into Voldemort's presence behind the turban.  
Consciously, Harry thought it was Snape's stare that made his scar 
hurt.  Subconsciously, or even by magical link, he noticed that is was 
something behind the turban that was evil, or not quite so good.>

I agree that the dream in SS is not a vision of Harry's destiny to 
*be* a Slytherin.  His dream was telling him that his destiny is 
linked to the Slytherins, which it is.  Fighting Voldemort will always 
be a part of Harry's life and Voldemort was the ultimate and most 
famous Slytherin.  It is also a part of Harry's destiny because Harry 
struggles internally with his own identity; he wants to be good and 
worries that he is bad.  He associates bad with Slytherins and then 
spends a good deal of time being opposed to Slytherins and anything 
and everything they do.

I won't get into details about this but I also believe that Harry's 
dream in SS is a hint that he is a Seer.  There are many examples to 
back up why I think this, but I have discussed this too many times to 
get into it again.

--jenny from ravenclaw *******************************