[HPforGrownups] Re: Last-minute predictions: Evil!Sorting Hat

[Terry James]

No: HPFGUIDX 61147




>From: "Brooke" <brookeshanks at mugglenet.com>
>
>Very intruiging argument, however I would bet 10 galleons that I
>specifically remember canon stating that when the four founders of
>Hogwarts were deciding how to come up with a sorting plan, Godric
>Gryffindor pulled the hat off of his own head and came up with the
>idea.  I think Professor Binns said it in in Book 2 when he was
>telling the class all about the Chamber of Secrets...

Yes, but didn't he also tell the class that the Chamber of Secrets didn't 
exist?  Much like
many of my own teachers, he didn't have the slightest clue what he was 
talking about. :)


>But I think I see the point you're trying to make.  I think the hat
>was enchanted by the four founders to be "impartial" and sort the
>person only by what is inside that person's mind, not by some pre-
>destined, fixed spell.  I think it would be very interesting to say
>what would come out of that hat for say... Draco, Snape, or
>Voldemort??
>
>Brooke

Yes, exactly!

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