Theory Bay: Ouroboros in HP? (Pretty long!)

[say543]

No: HPFGUIDX 78763

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "boyd_smythe"
<boyd.t.smythe at f...> wrote:
> say543 wrote: (snipped a bit)
> One question I had, however, is what about the sorting hat? If it was 
> imbued with some of each founder, would it not have recognized Tom 
> Riddle as Slytherin himself? Makes me wonder what it said when it 
> sorted him.

hesdead-dealwithit(aka say543):
Well, you've stumped me. Oh, wait - you already have an answer!

> On the other hand, if Slytherin had anything to do with the sorting 
> hat's workings, maybe he constructed it as the perfect empire maker 
> for his future self-it only picks future loyal followers of LV!

Yep, since Slytherin had a hand in making the Sorting hat he could
have easily done anything like fool it so it wouldn't recognize LV, or
help LV by putting all the future supporters of him in one house, or
whatever.

> A final thought: perhaps during his early memory-charmed days in the 
> past as Salazar Slytherin, LV is treated nicely in a hospital like the 
> Longbottoms. Perhaps this niceness ultimately leads to a Reformed!LV. 
> Perhaps he doesn't *want* his future self to defeat Harry--and that's 
> why he doesn't help his future self more, and that's why history 
> repeats itself again (and again).

No, I doubt it. For one, I don't think that LV would be treated well.
For two, the only way that LV would get into the Time Room to be able
to go back to the past is during the fight vs. Harry. If he was put in
St. Mungo's he wouldn't be able to get back. Plus, the fact that he
lost his memory is enough to justify why LV didn't win in the future
after all - he didn't remember enough to make LV defeat Harry.

hesdead-dealwithit