Voldemort's chat with Dumbledore

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No: HPFGUIDX 143202


>MercuryBlue:
>But if the Sorting Hat became a Horcrux in Riddle's sixth or seventh
>year, that rather explains that, doesn't it? That soul fragment
>probably skewed the Hat's definition of 'ambition'. That would land
>more students willing to model themselves on Riddle to gain power
>into Slytherin, rather than the other Houses <snip>
>So your portrait of the average Slytherin now
>looks suspiciously like your portrait of the average professional
>criminal or playground bully. Not, as in the pre-Riddle era, the
>average politician.
>Think about that.

Orna:
Have thought about it, and although, I still don't like such an 
influential object being a horcrux, it does make sense. I often 
asked myself, how come, when Slytherin talent has to do with 
ambition, that we never see any Slytherin, being just that  - 
ambitious, and not necessarily evil. According to your theory, the 
sorting goes more along with their attraction towards the dark 
power. 

But if it's like this, how can the sorting hat function like this – 
calling for unison. And another thing- that would mean, Voldermort 
has placed his horcrux in an object which can think for himself. 
And there is something else:

>MercuryBlue
>All Riddle would have needed was thirty seconds
>alone in the Headmaster's office.

Orna:
Well, we actually don't know how the encasing spell looks/sounds 
like. I'm not saying, it couldn't be 30 seconds, I'm just curious. I 
mean, don't you have to be near the object where you want to encase 
the horcrux, while you are doing the killing? I can't think the 
fragmented piece of soul, is just floating around, waiting to be 
encased, or incased in an intermediate object. I think the 
encasement has to be done at the time of the killing, IMO. 

Hmm, I see I'm getting more and more morbid, and involved in dark 
magic


Orna