[HPforGrownups] Re: Why LV must kill Harry?

[Rotsie Pots]

No: HPFGUIDX 45224

Constance Vigilance wrote: 

>Yay! I've been waiting for this lead-in. The sorting
>hat said "You could be great you know, and Slytherin
>would help you there." (Or something similar) So,
>what does Slytherin have that would uniquely help
>Harry to greatness? Snape!

I think we're over simplifying to assume that Snape is
the only reason the Sorting Hat would have put Harry
in Slytherin. I'm not sure about the complex workings
of the Hat, but I'm assuming that it only really
considers personality traits and characteristics; I
doubt it incorporates additional information in
makings its decision. Harry does share a lot of
personality traits with Slytherins; he's cunning and
sly, but not in the malevolently "Slytherin" sense.

>I'm a firm believer that Snape is the real hero in
>the series. I think his hatred of Harry is mostly an
>act, to what purpose we yet don't know.

I genuinely think Snape doesn't like Harry. He's just
transferring his loathing of James onto Harry. There's
been no real indication otherwise...things could
change, I suppose.

>It has been noticed that Snape is apparently the only
>teacher who sleeps with his house. It seems logical
>that due to his house bias that he provides special
>assistance and tutoring to students in his house -
>else how in the world do Crabbe and Goyle pass their
>exams? In this regard, Prof. McGonegal is useless. I
>think that the Sorting Hat recognized that keeping
>Harry close to a teacher after hours would help him
>in his learning and provide the means to the
>acquisition of additional skills.I think the Sorting
>Hat was right the first time. I think that Harry's
>path to greatness might have been easier if he had
>sorted into Slytherin. He will still be great, but he
>needs to do it the hard way - mostly by himself, with
>only peer assistance from his Gryffindor friends.

Erm, I highly doubt whether Snape actually sleeps in
the dorms with the students (where do you get the
reference for this?) It's evident that all the
teachers sleep somewhere at Hogwarts (eg McGonagall's
tartan nightdress, the general events of CoS), however
I'm sure they have their own quarters, rather than
bunking with students.

Just some thoughts...

--Rotsie

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