extra! extra! "Sorting Hat, never wrong" (wasRe: Sorting Hat as Horcrux?

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Potioncat:
I'm not much of a Horcrux theory follower, so I can't speak to the 
issues that appeared earlier in this post. But I do want to add to 
these two comments, because Yes, JKR did say the Sorting Hat was 
never wrong: 
> Carol:
> > Moreover, we've seen that the Sorting Hat has a mind of its own 
> > over and above the "brains" of the four Founders poured into it 
> > when the school was divided into four Houses. It's clearly not 
> > influenced by Tom Riddle's thinking. (JKR says it has never been 
> > wrong.) 
> 
> MercuryBlue:
> JKR didn't actually say it's never been wrong, just that it is 
> certainly sincere. So it honestly believes it has sent everyone 
into 
> the best House for them, whether it's actually the best House for 
> them or not.

Potioncat:
I found this quote over at Quick Quotes Quill and I see I cut it off 
a little too quickly. The entire quote is at Quick Quotes under July 
2005.

>>>Anelli, Melissa and Emerson Spartz. "The Leaky Cauldron and 
MuggleNet interview Joanne Kathleen Rowling: Part Two," The Leaky 
Cauldron, 16 July 2005

>>Big Snip<<

ES: Has the sorting hat ever been wrong?

JKR: No.

ES: Really?

JKR: Mm-mm. Do you have a theory?

ES: I have heard a lot of theories.

JKR: [laugh] I bet you have. No. [laugh] Sorry.

MA: That's interesting, because that would suggest that the voice 
comes more from a person's own head than the hat itself -

JKR: [makes mysterious noise]

MA: And that maybe when it talks on its own it comes from -

JKR: The founders themselves.

MA: Yeah. Interesting. How much of a role are the<<<


Potioncat:
I've found I do better to ask for canon rather than attacking an 
idea. That way, if I'm right, I don't look like an insufferable know- 
it-all, and if I'm wrong I don't look like an idiot. (I do, however, 
sometimes look like a fool, and other times like Molly on a very bad 
day.)

Cheers,
Potioncat