Harry is not Gryffindor's heir (was Horcruxes: Groundrules and Theories

[Lawrence Carlin]

No: HPFGUIDX 136501

Morgan:
>  JKR has shot down that theory. Read the text of her
> 
> Leaky Cauldron/Mugglenet interview below where she
> states that Harry 
> is not the Heir of Gryffindor


Larry:

All of Harry's great magical successes have come from
his great capacity for love, and the choices he makes
because of that capacity.

The concept of the Heir of Gryffindor does not fit
Harry because of this. Furthermore, this Heir of...
business is a Slytherin belief. It is Slytherin who
prizes blood above all else, heirship and blood
descent outweigh all else for the Slytherin. Only a
Voldemort would claim the title of Heir of Slytherin,
because only to a Slytherin would this have any
meaning.

A Gryffindor would never trace their lineage, search
for a connection to an ancient past, nor would a
Gryffindor define themselves by such a connection.
When have we seen a Weasley talk longingly of a
connection to a famous or revered ancestor? Or
Dumbledore, or Lupin or anyone else we have come to
respect.

Recall the reaction of Sirius as he confronts the
tapestry in OOTP. P. 114 Am. ed., "Does it matter if
she's my cousin?"... "As far as I'm concerned, they're
not my family. She's certainly not my family."...  It
seems to me that Sirius is drawing a very clear
distinction between "family", and "relative". Relative
is seen by Sirius as a blood accident, a meaningless
happenstance, something over which the individual has
no control. However, to Sirius, we choose our family.

Larry