A theory... One variable that would change Harry for the worst....

[m.bockermann at t-online.de]

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Hi Moirae! Hi everybody!

Moire wrote:
>>>In Philosopher's Stone, Draco offered his hand to Harry but Harry
rejected it.  And then the sorting hat WANTED to put him in
Slytherin.  My theory is that if Harry had ACCEPTED Draco's hand, he
wouldn't have minded to be put into Slytherin.  It was because of
Draco that Harry didn't want to be put into Slytherin.  Well, WHAT IF
Harry did shake Draco's hand?  I believe that that variable is what
determines Harry's future... In good/evil, Gryffindor/Slytherin and
life/death.  Think about it...
Draco said that he'd help Harry see which Wizarding families are
better... Clearly Harry Potter was one of the better.  It was because
Harry rejected Draco that they have the rivalry.  The Sorting Hat
said that Harry would be great in Slytherin, and like I said before,
Harry probably would have went into Slytherin if it wasn't for Draco.

Finally! Somebody else who considers it important that Draco offered Harry
his friendship. :-)))) Not only once, but twice: in the dressing shop and on
the Hogwarts express. Obviously, the importance of the fact was even
important enough that it was included - it a rewritten form - in the movie.
Even later, when Draco picks on Ron's poverty and Hermione's ancestry he is
*counselling* Harry to choose his friends more carefully. For example: the
first time we hear "mudblood" in CoS. Draco has been trying to befriend
Harry in his own, twisted way. And it is only due to Harry's personality
that he rejected Draco - and Slytherin. Like you, I'm convinced that Harry
would have sailed to Slytherin if he hadn't convinced the hat otherwise. And
he only rejected Slytherin because of the things Hagrid and Ron have told
him and the way Draco acted in the dressing shop.

I'm not sure however, what the reason is for Draco's interest in Harry. Like
you, I assume it is his family. Which is *very* weird, considering Harry is
(supposedly?) a "half-blood". In the real world, "half-bloods" (yes, I hate
that word, too) often have to struggle with prejudices. The way Draco treats
"mudbloods" one woud suppose he hates their descendants as well. But even
though Draco insults Ron and Hermione again and again because of their
family/blood, he never ever criticises Harry this way. Why?

IMHO, there are two explanations:

1) Harry's mother is not a mudblood after all, something Draco knows because
of his father. And before you hit me people, I know the likelyhood for this
is small, to say the least.
Come to think of unlikely things: is the child of two "squibs" or a squib
and a muggle a mudblood? If Lily came from a family where the magical talent
skipped a generation or two, she could be a "mudblood" and have some
interesting magical family secrets.

2) Lily is a mudblood, but the Potters were so high in the magical hirachy
that the "taint" (from the point of the Malfoys and the DEs) of Lily's
heritage doesn't matter. Which might explain a certain dungeon cell full of
gold.

Either way, there are bound to be some relevations in HP 5, 6 and/or 7. (Now
I'm saying something new, am I not ;-) )

>>>On another not, the wand... Voldie's and Harry's wands are brothers.
Why would that wand pick Harry?  Dumbledore said himself that Harry
has some of Voldie in him.

Yes, and I'm going to bite into the table if it is just "rubbed" off Voldie
because of the failed AK. And it doesn't explain of course why Voldie wanted
to kill Harry in the first place. I believe DD is still holding something
back, and it must be bad if he still can't tell it a fourteen year old.
I'm sure that Draco could tell Harry *a lot* about his familiy's past. And
he would have - if Harry had not turned down his friendship.
I can really see Draco telling Harry in a venomenous tone some of the things
he doesn't know yet. Harry already had some disillusionment through Snape in
that regard (telling him about the "Prank") and I would be surprised if
Draco revealed the next installment.


>>>On a hilarious note... think about what the canon would be like if
Draco and Harry were a team... *shudders*... LOL.

I don't believe that Harry would end his friendship with Ron and Hermione in
favour of a friendship with Draco.
Except in the realm of fanfiction, where it should create some really
interesting stories.

Greetings,
Ethanol (taking on this nickname, because there are too many Barbaras here
for simply Barbara and my full name (Barbara Jebenstreit) is too long. And I
remember somebody on the list complaining about it, saying I "was just
asking" for a nick. So here we are)