Quirrell & Voldemort - McGonagall & Divination - Mastermind Theory

[nplyon]

No: HPFGUIDX 40695

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Alexander <lav at t...> wrote:
>   Greetings!

[Big Snip}

> 
>   So, if we assume this theory is true, then Sorting Hat is
> the U.E.F.A. (Ultimate Evil Fantasy Artifact), and we might
> expect to see Harry and Voldemort allying against this damn
> thing when they realise what is REALLY happening...
> 

Oooh, I LOVE it!  The Sorting Hat is Ever So Evil!  I think this 
theory is a lot of fun and it goes a long way toward answering my 
question as to why it is Sorting Hat that appears in the Chamber of 
Secrets.  I think, though, that the hat has four personalities, not 
the combination into one.  This is why it deliberates over where to 
put Harry--it's actually Gryffindor and Slytherin at war over where 
to place him.  That would also explain to me why Sorting Hat has 
Gryffindor's sword--it is the spirit of Gryffindor himself helping 
Harry to defeat Riddle.  Still, however hard Gryffindor tries, Harry 
is not yet convinced that Sorting Hat placed him in Gryffindor 
because he actually belongs there.  Perhaps Harry will wear the hat 
yet again and this time it will be Salazar Slytherin whispering in 
his ear??

~Nicole, who returned from the grocery store on Sunday the proud 
owner of a box of Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans featuring such 
favorites as earwax, grass, booger (bogie [sp?], for you Brits), and 
vomit. <Shudder>