A clue nobody has brought up AFAIK...

[dungrollin]

No: HPFGUIDX 122212


mhbobbin wrote:
> > In addition, Riddle envisions himself as the Heir of Slytherin. 
> > Intriguing idea that a Gryffindor would see himself that way. 
> > Intriguing but what would it change? And Riddle likes to hang 
> > out with big snakes and speaks Parselmouth.
> 
> Geoff:
> You almost make this sound as if he is role-playing. 
> 
> Canon suggests that he is what he envisions himself to be:
> 
> '"You think I was going to use my filthy Muggle father's name for 
> ever? I, in whose veins runs the blood of Salazar Slytherin 
> himself, through my mother's side?"'
> 
> (COS "The Heir of Slytherin" p.231 UK edition)
> 
> '"You can speak Parseltongue, Harry," said Dumbledore 
> calmly, "Because Lord Voldermort - who is the last remaining 
> descendant of Salazar Slytherin - can speak Parseltongue."'
> 
> (COS "Dobby's Reward" p.245 UK edition)
> 
> I think it highly unlikely that the Sorting Hat would place him in 
> Gryffindor with such a close connection to the founder of 
> Slytherin.
> 
> Going back to the genesis of this idea, that Hagrid would not hide 
> Aragog outside the dormitory. The description of the location to 
> which Tom Riddle went doesn't chime with being the Gryffindor 
> dormitories. We are told that it was the room which, in Harry's 
> day, has become Snape's classroom. The area is in darkness, the 
> door is ajar, no one comes or goes - it doesn't sound like the 
> dormitory. Again, the description of Aragog suggests that it would 
> be a difficult beastie to hide in an open dormitory shared with 
> others.
> 
> Nope, I'll vote for Tom being in Slytherin.


Not to mention way way back in PS, chapter 5: Diagon Alley: 

"Better Hufflepuff than Slytherin," said Hagrid darkly. "There's not 
a single witch or wizard who went bad who wasn't in Slytherin.  You-
Know-Who was one."

And Hagrid would know.


Dungrollin

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