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

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 143421


> Magpie:
> 
> I think he probably had to screw up his courage plenty of times 
> during the year, and probably saw himself as having to protect his 
> family.  It may be inverted in that he's dedicating himself to the 
> wrong power, but I still see plenty of similarities in what he sees 
> himself as doing, especially early in the year.  A lot of his story 
> in HBP is a twisted, shadow version of plenty of Gryffindor values, 
> imo.  Though in the end in his case refraining from killing was the 
> right thing to do instead of killing.
> 
a_svirn:
If Draco's behaviour under the circumstances can be interpreted as 
bravery, I am really interested to know how his cowardice would look 
like. It's not like his failure to kill Dumbledore was a conscious 
choice on his part. I agree that he was under a lot of pressure, but 
if anything he emerged out of his ordeal as a true Slyth – ambitious 
and very-very canning.