Harry the Chosen (was Thoughts about Voldy)

[Jim Ferer]

No: HPFGUIDX 79160

Tom Wall:" WRONG! As much as I really, really like the `Harry is
related to G. Gryffindor' theory I this it's wrong. However I do think
that the `Harry is the Heir of Gryffindor' theory is completely on.
That's the point IMO; in Slytherin blood matters, so the heir of
Slytherin has got to be related by blood to S. Slytherin, even tainted
blood (see below). But in Gryffindor it matters what you do, not who
you are related to. So Harry can be the Heir of Gryffindor by
exemplifying the qualities of G. Gryffindor himself."

Excellent! Your idea eliminates my objection to the Heir of Gryffindor
theory, which was the same objection I had to the Heir of Slytherin
theory, which was this:

Clearly the wizard world is a small one. Bloodlines are very
compacted, as Sirius explained in the family tree scene (just one
example of how JKR is aware of what fans say and responds, but that's
another topic), so in the ordinary course you'd expect to find
descendants of Slytherin and Gryffindor all over the place, and it
wouldn't surprise me to find people descended from all four founders.
 It would be like researching the family trees of the people who live
in Newfoundland or something.

Your idea, though, explains that perfectly, so Harry can be the true
Heir of Gryffindor, the receiver of Gryffindor's sword. (to make the
Arthurian analogy perfect, Harry would have had to go to the lake to
get it).  He's already gathering his knights, and has his Merlin too.
Hmmm.. 

Tom:" as far as I can see, Heir of Gryffindor is out the window now.
The prophecy has completely nullified its relevance, as far as I'm
concerned."

Not necessarily. Why was Harry the child foretold?  Although Neville
meets some of the prophecy's conditions, Voldemort marked Harry,
fulfilling the rest. The prophecy may have been as much about the
coming of the Heir as anything else, although I would agree you'd
think Sybil would say this child was the Heir.

Jim Ferer