Heir of Griffindor Theory

[vixinalizardqueen]

No: HPFGUIDX 43537

Personally, I don't support the "heir of Griffindor" theory, for a
few 
reasons...
I think that the secret to why Voldemort wanted to kill Harry has to 
be something darker, rather than something positive, such as Harry 
being the heir to Griffindor. When Dumbledore refuses to tell Harry 
why he was being targeted (sorry, don't have my books with me so I 
can't quote directly!) at the end of SS/PS, I thought his saying "I 
can tell you when you're older" sounded more as if there was some
sort 
of dark secret.....I liken it to Harry discovering that Sirius Black 
had allegedly "betrayed" his parents. Nobody told him as they didn't 
want him to react in the wrong way. 
Okay, granted, they might not tell him that he is the "Heir of 
Griffindor" as they don't want him to have to deal with the 
responsibility, but there doesn't seem to be much responsibility (as 
far as we know!) attached to the role, does there? The only heir that 
we are aware of in the novels so far is, of course, Tom Riddle, Heir 
of Slytherin. And we have heard nothing of any responsibilties 
involved with the role (unless they were something Slytherin-ish like 
killing all Muggle-borns, but that isn't exactly upholding the good 
name of the school, is it?!! And I really don't believe that even 
Slytherin would go that far, and still be revered as one of the four 
founding memebers of Hogwarts.). Also, one would think that if Harry 
really was Heir of Griffindor, it would make more sense to tell him 
this during his time at Hogwarts, as opposed to later....Griffindor
is 
really significant mainly to Hogwarts itself, rather than the outside 
Wizarding community. I just don't see why being the Heir of
Griffindor 
would be such a big secret!!!
Sorry, I can't offer any alternative to the theory myself though!
Half 
of me doesn't even really want to guess at the true reason, as I'm so 
scared that on the off-chance I could be right! Imagine what an 
anti-climax it would be if it came true! (okay, at first you'd just
be 
proud of yourself for guessing, but afterwards you'd feel a bit let 
down that it was "obvious" enough to guess- the beauty of the books
is 
that the conclusions seem to come so far out of left field!! I mean, 
did ANYONE here predict the ending of PoA for example!!? I really 
didn't see that one coming!!)
Anyway, just sick of lurking and thought I'd stir up some 
anti-Heir-raising conversation ;o)
The Lizard Queen