Harry as Gryffindor's Heir

[Berit Jakobsen]

No: HPFGUIDX 93518

Bonny wrote:
 
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but food for thought - imagine if, somewhere along the line, Harry's 
and Voldy's family lines crossed, making Harry the heir of both 
Gryffindor AND Slytherin! hehehe far fetched, but it might make some 
sense. I know Dumbledore said that Voldemort was the last surviving 
descendant of Sly, but he has been known to keep things from Harry in 
the past if he thought they would disturb him.
 

Berit replies:

You're not alone in thinking along these lines Bonny! I think your 
thoughts on Harry as the Heir of Gryffindor are very interesting. It 
certainly is possible to find canon support for your theory (as you 
show in your post #93447). And the thought of Harry turning out to be 
both the Gryffindor AND the Slytherin heir is also an intriguing one 
(at my home computer I have so far collected 8-9 pages of quotes 
pertaining to this theory... :-) I just resently noticed a quote from 
CoS which I found a bit interesting when speaking of Harry's 
connection to Voldemort; adds a bit of mystery I think:

Quote (capital letters are mine):
"Harry couldn't explain, even to himself, why he didn't just throw 
Riddle's diary away. The fact was that even though he *knew* the 
diary was blank, he kept absent-mindedly picking it up and turning 
the pages, AS THOUGH IT WAS A STORY HE WANTED TO FINISH. And while 
Harry was sure he had never heard the name T. M. Riddle before, it 
still SEEMED TO MEAN SOMETHING TO HIM, ALMOST AS THOUGH RIDDLE WAS A 
FRIEND HE'D HAD WHEN HE WAS SMALL, AND HALF-FORGOTTEN." (CoS p. 174 
UK Ed)

-Maybe not a friend? Maybe a relative...? And there *certainly* IS a 
story to finish... I, like Bonny, believe this story is one that 
started a thousand years ago, and very much involves the old friends 
of Godric and Salazar... I have reason to believe Harry holds the key 
to finally end the old strife between the two. No wonder the Sorting 
Hat found it *particularly* difficult to place Harry; maybe because 
he belongs just as much in Slytherin as in Gryffindor...?

Finally, let me throw in this quote as well:
Quote (capital letters are mine):
"He [Voldemort] chose the boy he thought most likely to be a danger 
to him... HE SAW HIMSELF IN YOU before he had ever seen you." (OotP 
p. 742 UK Ed).

Berit
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