Blood and Artifice (was The Sorting Hat)

[princesspeaette]

No: HPFGUIDX 78372

Talisman wrote: <heavily snipped>
>Debates about the Sorting Hat blossom and subside on this site, with 
>the regularity of the seasons.  I haven't followed a Sorting Hat 
>thread lately, 

>And, of course, we know the Hat would have been happy to put Harry 
>in Slytherin.


I actually have a theory on this (see post #76525 for the whole 
thing, *I* think it's interesting ;-)  The gist of which is that the 
hat, with its sneaky little sense of humour, was not going to put 
Harry in Slytherin HOUSE.  It commented on the fact that he didn't 
want to be in Slytherin, and then said :

"You could be great you know, it's all here in your head, and 
Slytherin will help you on you way to greatness, no doubt about 
that." (SS-paperback)

Gratuitously quoting my own post here, be warned ;-)

At the time, and even since, everyone has followed Harry's lead in 
thinking that this meant he should be in Slytherin HOUSE (strongly 
influenced by the theory in CoS that he was the one responsible) but 
I think this was meant another way. I think it's a reference to the 
Harry/Voldemort(the last (ancestor or decendant depending on you r 
copy of CoS) of Salazar Slytherin) conflict. 


I think it was a sign of the prophecy coming to light AND being 
fulfilled, that Harry has to be the one to defeat Voldemort. And I 
think it was quite possibly a prophecy (if a hat can make a prophecy, 
of course ;-)


Just wanted to repeat myself I guess, but I do think it's an 
interesting idea. (you should SEE the ideas I have but reject for 
posting...oh wait, then you'll all think I'm 
nuts.....nevermind! ::hastily hiding pile of crumpled up papers with 
ideas on them::)



~Margaret




Ps. Talismin:
>while pure-blood Neville "can hardly stand a cauldron up the 
>right way." (116) (I know, I know, Neville fans--he might be 
>drugged/cowed by Grandma/stuck with Dad`s wand, etc. How about 
>Crabbe and Goyle, then?)


I was all upset halfway through that sentence, but I'll give you the 
point on the moss covered boulders ;-)