[HPforGrownups] Why LV must kill Harry?

[heiditandy]

No: HPFGUIDX 45191



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sherry Garfio [mailto:sgarfio at yahoo.com] 

> This has probably been answered before.  If, indeed, Harry is 
> the Heir of Gryffindor, which I think is likely, why did the 
> Sorting Hat try to put him in Slytherin?  The Sorting Hat was 
> Godric Gryffindor's own hat; surely the hat would recognize a 
> decendant (ancestor?) of its original owner.  Or possibly 
> "heir" is not necessarily being used in the blood sense - 
> Harry could be Gryffindor's heir *by designation*, either by 
> Godric himself in conjunction with a prediction, or through 
> the generations by the previously designated heir 
> (Dumbledore?).  But again, why would the Sorting Hat not 
> recognize this?  Any thoughts?  Old posts I should be reading?

The thing is, in CoS, nobody said, "Wait! Harry cannot be the Heir of
Slytherin! He is in Gryffindor!" when the students were whispering that
he must be the heir because he spoke Parsletongue. A reasonable
conclusion is that heir-ship doesn't mean that one will be in one house
or the other, because if it did, then the fact of Harry being in
Gryffindor should've been enough for people like Ernie MacMillain. The
hat, it seems, looks for qualities - and Harry's also got a bit of
Slytherin's heir in him, as a bit of Riddle!Voldemort became part of
Harry when the curse backfired back in 1981. Hence, if he is the heir of
Gryffindor, then he's now got a bit of both in him. 

Heidi
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