Harry as the Heir of Griffyndor??

[silveroak_us <silveroak_us@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 48833

I have followed the debate about Harry possibly being the "Heir of 
Griffyndor" as a counterpoint to Riddle/Voldemort as the "Heir of 
Slytherin". It seems to make sense as a possible story thread as we 
see the books unwind in public (as they have already unspooled for 
Ms. Rowling in the privacy of her mind).

However, I am troubled by something. I don't know how to integrate 
the Sorting Hat's willingness to put Harry into Slytherin at the 
beginning of the first book, and the Sorting Hat's reiteration later 
that Harry would have been appropriate to be placed into Slytherin.

One wonders at the propriety of the "Heir of Griffyndor" being sorted 
into Slytherin House. {Perhaps as a "double agent" to undermine and 
overthrow the evil Heir of Slytherin <evil giggles erupt!>}

Just some idle woolgathering on this Boxing Day 2002.

"silveroak_us"