About the Sorting System <OoP minor spoiler added>
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tecumpseh at nc.rr.com
Wed Jun 25 21:11:49 UTC 2003
No: HPFGUIDX 63856
--- Andromeda "andromeda7_4" <75211.522 at c...> wrote:
Is it possible that the Sorting Hat doesn't place people in the
Houses in which they belong; but in the Houses where they (perhaps
subconsciously)want to be? Maybe the Hat reads not minds, but
emotions, as Snape suggested.
<some examples snipped>
I'm wondering if the whole Sorting process comes down to personal
inclination?
TBC's thoughts on this:
I think this is a good question. Could that help explain the identical
Patil twins getting different houses, because they wanted to be seen
as less individuals?
I also was really hoping, after it's warning song, that the Hat would
intentionally sort against type, to build some bridges. If there were
Hufflepuffs who felt a tug toward Slytherin, would that have been a
basis for friendship? Or should the hat have done that a long time ago
(say, putting a 'true' Ravenclaw in Gryffindor)?
TBC
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