Slytherin's heir or Gryffindor's heir?

[alshainofthenorth]

No: HPFGUIDX 113634

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, macfotuk at y... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "romuluslupin1" 
> <romuluslupin1 at y...> wrote:
> > Old Salazar built the COS, right? Only his heir could open it, 
> > right? So how come both times it was opened a GRYFFINDORE was 
> > suspected? WE know it was opened by TMR (both times) who is 
> > Slytherin's last descendant/ancestor, and so does AD, but the 
rest 
> > of the students/teachers suspected Hagrid (a Gryff) and Harry 
> > (another Gryff). Ok, Hermione says that Harry *could* be 
Salazar's 
> > (x-times)-greatgrandson, after so many years (and this applies to 
> > Hagrid as well), but shouldn't this have raised some questions? 
> > Wouldn't a Slyth have been more likely to be suspected, at least 
> > once? I can see Harry being suspected, since he was a 
parselmouth, 
> > but I agree with Diary!Tome (shudders)Hagrid was a really 
unlikely 
> > culprit.
> > 
> > Romulus Lupin, who thinks this definitely proves the WW doesn't 
> have 
> > a lick of sense.
> 
> By the suspicion stage the school had already seen Harry as 
> parselmouth (SS's distinguishing gift). Hagrid cos he's a half 
giant 
> and yes, prejudice rather than sense or logic (of which wizards 
> averagely have little to quote Hermione).

Alshain:
Was it even made public knowledge that the Chamber had been opened 
the first time? Dumbledore probably deduced it afterwards and the 
Malfoys probably had first-hand knowledge, but Binns calls the 
Chamber of Secrets an unproven legend. If the only thing people knew 
was that a monster had been on the rampage in the school, attacked 
several students and finally killed someone, Hagrid and Aragog fit 
the picture. In Riddle's memory, Headmaster Dippet says nothing of 
the Chamber either.

Alshain