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

[jakobfall]

No: HPFGUIDX 38685

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "sailor_moirae" <sailor_moirae at h...> 
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...





Of course, if Harry had done this and that the entire series would 
have been drastically changed. However, I believe it is difficult to 
even address this issue. Harry is a hero at heart and no matter what 
kind of peer pressure is placed upon him, he always knows the right 
from the wrong. He could tell innately that this Draco fellow was 
part of a bad lot and that, though they may have been not as 
socially high-ranking, the Weasleys were honest and friendly people.

If Mr. Potter had, in fact, accepted Draco's hand, he would not be 
the character that we have all grown to love, and therefore the 
entire series would have been about his restoration to good instead 
of his fighting evil. It is difficult to estimate exactly what would 
have happened since that hypothesis discusses something that the 
series was never supposed to be about in the first place.

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