Wormtail's Debt? (was: Re: And then there were none.)

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No: HPFGUIDX 93246

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "meriaugust" <meriaugust at y...> wrote:
> 
> I don't know about that. After all, the Sorting Hat (who by his own 
> admission has never been wrong, and according to JKR in the World 
> Book Day chat, you can trust the Sorting Hat to be trustworthy) put 
> Wormtail in Gryffindor for *some* reason. 

Oh yes and oh no.
Yes the Sorting Hat put Peter in Gryffindor for a reason and no, JKR
did  not quite say that the Sorting Hat was trustworthy - she said
it was *sincere* which is not the same. It does what it *thinks* is 
right or best or whatever. It sincerely believed that Harry should be
in Slytherin and reminded him of the fact in CoS -  is it right or 
wrong?

Sir Nicholas  tells us that the Hat has issued warnings before, after
it urged the different Houses to combine. What if it has acted 
according to it's 'conscience'? That would explain why Harry 
(Slytherin), Hermione (Ravenclaw) and Neville (?Hufflepuff) have
joined Ron in Gryffindor. Hermione tells us that it thought about 
putting her in Ravenclaw and it spent a long time on Neville too.

Go  further - suppose it has tried the same ploy before - with
the Marauders. James (Gryffindor), Sirius (Slytherin), Remus
(Ravenclaw), Peter (Hufflepuff). 

There's also an outside  possibility that it might be being
influenced in it's decisions. That would be interesting.

Kneasy