OOP: Sorting Hat and Sirius

[TBC]

No: HPFGUIDX 64551

Not really too spoilery, but I guess kinda



I've been thinking about this some more:

>--- 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.

>I'm wondering if the whole Sorting process comes down to personal
>inclination?

I'm especially interested in how it might apply to Sirius. If he moved
out at 16, would he have been feeling tension with his family before
that? I think so. The house does seem to lean Slytherin in decor among
other things.

Could the Hat have sensed he didn't want to be like them, and placed
him if Gryffindor for that (going against family tradition) show of
bravery? That would have put a further strain on the relationship.

I know Hagrid's comments about all the DEs being Slytherin make it
more likely Sirius was Slytherin, too. In that case, his break with
his family could have turned his friendships within the Slytherin
house colder. Maybe that's why he sought friends outside?

I'm trying not to ramble, not doing much good of it though.

TBC