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[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 107821

celestina707 wrote:

I'm leaning towards the discovery of the sword of Gryffindor that
came out of the sorting hat, in hopes of Harry being the true
heir/descendant of GG. This fits with my theory that Harry is a
descedant of GG, and is why Harry and James needed to be killed by
Voldemort but Lily didn't have to die.

charme wrote:

I like this idea a lot...I'm curious though, somewhere in one of the 
books it's revealed that the sorting hat was Gryffindor's too, wasn't 
it? I'm sorry I don't have my books here or I'd check - does anybody 
know?

vmonte responds:

Couldn't DD be a direct descendent of GG since the hat, and Fawkes 
belong to him? Harry could very well be the heir of GG since he 
exemplifies all the qualities that GG values. I would think that 
unlike Salazar, Godric would value the individual and not base 
worthiness on blood-lines. 

So Harry could be the "chosen one" that can defeat Voldemort due to 
the individual he is rather than due to the "cleanliness" of his 
blood. 

So in essence, the sword could only be pulled by one who was worthy--
nice GG trick. Kind of like how DD fixed the mirror of erised at the 
end of SS/PS.  The stone would only go to someone who did not want to 
use it for selfish reasons.

vivian