[HPforGrownups] Is Harry the Heir of Gryffindor?

[Kelly Hurt]

No: HPFGUIDX 33740

--- judyserenity wrote:

>So, given all the above reasons, I
>predict that Harry will in fact turn
>out to be the last living descendent
>of Godric Gryffindor, even though I
>don't like the implications that has
>for the role of genetics in the
>Potterverse.

I, too, believe that Harry is the last of the Gryffindor bloodline, but
I don't see it as being a genetics thing as far as story & plot go.  I
see it as more of an identification thing.  I.e., a prophecy that reads
"the last of the Gryffindor blood is the only one who can kill
Voldemort" could just as easily read "the boy with the unruly hair and
a scar on his forhead is the only one who can kill Voldemort".  

Either way, it simply identifies Harry.

By the way, if Harry is indeed a direct descendant of Gryffindor and if
Trelawney's first genuine predicition was something like "Gryffindor's
Blood will be Voldemort's undoing", it would explain (1) why Voldemort
want James & Harry dead and (2) Dumbledore's much discussed look of
triumph.

Kelly the Yarn Junkie

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