The Sorting Hat and Houses, with a side-helping of Salazar and the Founders

[Andrea]

No: HPFGUIDX 52955

--- Aldrea wrote:
> I should have made myself clearer, I apologize, but that wasn't the 
> kind of talking I was referring to.  The Hat can speak without 
> someone on it's head, and I thought that was maybe what you were 
> speculating- that a Founder could take control of the Hat and speak
> (using it's "mouth").  I think that scenario could be possible, but 
> only after a spell or two.  As for a Founder being able to speak 
> through the Hat when the Hat is on someone's head(this type of 
> speaking being the kind only the wearer of the hat can hear), I'm 
> still leaning towards that being spell-induced, as well. 

Ahhhh.  Actually, speaking through the Hat's "mouth" didn't even occur to
me.  Hee.  Just shows how tunnel-visioned we get sometimes. :)  Anyway,
I'd always thought of *that* as for the Hat's voice alone, but as with the
rest of this theory, I have no basis for it. :)  
 
> You do make a good point, but as there really isn't enough canon on 
> Salazar(and any I've read, I've always taken to think of him as the 
> mold from which Voldemort cast himself, so to speak, but that's 
> another discussion), I think it's a rather moot point to argue(but if 
> you want to take it up, I'll be glad to continue on in another 
> post ;).

Without getting into yet *another* "Slytherin isn't necessarily evil,
dangit!" posts (because I do waaaaaaaaay too many of those), I'll just say
that all we know of Salazar Slytherin so far is based off thousand year
old rumors and the actions of Voldemort, so I'm not going to say he's
evil...yet. :)  

> And it could also go no way, too.  IOW, there aren't any Founder 
> essences in the Hat and the Hat makes it's decisions on it's own, 
> based on the information the Founders stored in it.  But that isn't 
> nearly as fun to wrap your mind around, now is it? :)    

You mean...JKR *isn't* going to sift through here and use our ideas? *sob*
 That's possible too, of course, but I think the Hat has to either have
SOME kind of actual personality beyond just Sorting students OR is a very
powerful object we haven't seen used to full capacity.  Otherwise I don't
see how we can "find out more".
 
> Yes, I too think there are probably other such relics left by the 
> other Founders in the Hat.  I merely suggested them being placed 
> there for Spell purposes to answer the question of WHY Godric 
> Gryffindor would stick a perfectly good, not to mention ruby-
> encrusted, sword up a hat?  He had to have had some reason for doing 
> that, I think.

He lost a bet? *g*

> ~Aldrea, who has now read all three of your fanfics.

Awww. *blush*


Andrea, who is going to be very impressed if anyone can keep all the
"Andrea vs. Aldrea" posts straight! ;)

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