[HPforGrownups] Re: Sorting Hat as Horcrux?

[Lorie J. O'Donnell]

No: HPFGUIDX 143580

> MercuryBlue:
> The diary Horcrux, may I remind you, was created when he was 
> SIXTEEN.  Nobody graduates until they're at least closing on 
> EIGHTEEN.

Well, not really.  He put the memory of himself in the diary at 
16, but I don't think he created the horcrux until later.  
Remember, Lucius had the diary and gave it to Ginny on the sly 
in the bookstore.  However, Voldemort did return to Hogwarts 
after graduation, to ask Dumbledore for a job.  He was in AD's 
office, presumably along with the Sorting Hat.  That said, I 
don't think it is one.  Just a hunch, though, no evidential 
reasons.

> MercuryBlue:
> Value-added bonus for Riddle regarding the Sorting Hat as a 
> potential Horcrux: He doesn't have to expend any effort to 
> protect it. Everyone else will do it for him. It IS an 
> important part of the only magical school in the British 
> Isles, after all.

Hmmmm, this is true.  I hadn't thought of that.

> > Amontillada:
> > I find that to be the main reason why it couldn't be a 
> > Horcrux: it's hard to believe that even Voldemort could 
> > place a soul fragment in such a magically powerful object 
> > without touching off the magic that's already there.

Plus, the hat talks.  Why wouldn't it give away what was done?

Lorie

"The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity."
--Ellen Parr