sorting hat death?/ house relics (was: Re: Foreshadowing Clues in CoS)

[GRACE701 <grace701@yahoo.com>]

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nobodysrib wrote:

>If the SH is a house relic (which makes complete sense to me) then 
>by sorting students into houses it/Gryffindor has a VERY powerful 
>position at Hogwarts.  (example: how much of Harry's life - and the 
>WW world, too - would be different had Harry been sorted into 
>Slytherin?)  Dumbledore is a powerful figure at Hogwarts, but even 
>he doesn't have this level/aspect of power.  If the SH were killed, 
>would it be a great (albeit relatively small) victory for 
>Voldemort?  

Andrea wrote:
>You see, I have my own pet theory on the Hat.  The Hat's song in GOF 
>said the Founders "put some brain in me so I could choose instead."  
>My own theory is that the Founders used their OWN brains; that is, a 
>preserved memory (like the diary) of each of the four Founders still 
>lives inside the Hat. 

For some reason you guys are making me think that instead of my 
original theory that someone, perhaps Trelawney, told Voldemort that 
a boy named Harry Potter will defeat him in the future, that perhaps 
the Sorting Hat told him.  But being that Voldemort was only 11 years 
old, he didn't take this seriously.  Until, of course, he became 
older and perhaps bumped into a great wizard by the name of James 
Potter, therefore, raising somes questions and putting two and two 
together.

Greicy