Clash of Heirs, Ron as Heir

[brinforest <petra.delisser@postikaista.net>]

No: HPFGUIDX 53155

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "karenkyla3 <karenkyla3 at a...>" 
<karenkyla3 at a...> wrote:
> Okay, so I need some help fleshing out a theory.  In the Chamber 
of 
> Secrets we find out that Voldemort is the heir of Slytherin.  
Salazar 
> was pushed out originally by Godric, Helga, and Rowena.  Is it 
> possible that we may have a drawing of the three?  That is, the 
three 
> decendents of Godric, Helga, and Rowena?  Now, their is a decent 
> amount of evidence that Harry is the heir of Gryffindor (living in 
> Godric's Hollow, pulling out Godric's sword in the chamber, etc.)  
> Any thoughts as to the other two?  It's interesting that Hermione 
> embodies many of the ideals of Ravenclaw and Ron many of the 
ideals 
> of Hufflepuff.  However I would suspect that their placement in 
> Gryffindor would indicate that they are not the heirs.  Though it 
> would add a great nuance to the triumverate.  This is of course 
just 
> postulating...
> 

The idea of Harry, Ron and Hermione as the other three heirs is very 
appealing. And the sorting of the present-day heirs into Gryffindor 
could very well reflect that to defeat the heir of Slytherin, the 
other three would need bravery more than anything, and at the same 
time it could reinforce the theme that ancestry does not determine 
your strengths and characteristics. 

But did you already consider the big, looming, morbid fact that 
comes with this theory? That an heir is the *oldest child*? 

Someone recently posted (tried to find it now but couldn't - sorry) 
about whether Ron's Erised image in PS was a terrible foreshadowing -
 standing alone as Head Boy and Quidditch Captain. Say, do you feel 
that cold breeze?? 


Brin