Role of ESE in Hero's Quest / McGuffins & Horcruxes

[quick_silver71]

No: HPFGUIDX 147672

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "horridporrid03" 
<horridporrid03 at ...> wrote:
<snip>
> Betsy Hp:
> And *that* would count as a payoff of a true hero's quest to my 
> mind.  Uniting what has so long been divided... Dumbledore would 
> weep. Plus, what a fantastic example of Harry going in a 
completely 
> different direction than Voldemort.  Voldemort who used the 
> divisions of the school to his advantage, Voldemort who uses his 
> power to set families against each other, Voldemort who could 
never, 
> ever, turn to someone else for any sort of assistance.
> 
> I fully expect Harry to have to choose to trust, to rely on, 
someone 
> outside himself and his inner circle to complete his task. Luna 
> Lovegood, Zacharias Smith, and Draco Malfoy spring to mind, in 
order 
> of escalating difficulty.  Though it'd be interesting if instead 
of 
> Luna, the Ravenclaw connection was either Cho or Marietta.
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Besty could you explain what you mean by "House unity"? I've always 
had a problem understanding what people mean when they say that. Do 
they mean the end of the house system or some sort of ideal Hogwarts 
where no bullying and name calling occurs? I know that the sorting 
hat and Dumbledore pushed for it but they always seemed vague on it.

Actually I'm not sure that Draco is going to be that difficult for 
Harry to trust. Harry currently has a huge advantage over Draco in 
that he saw Draco's little scene on the Tower with Dumbledore. I 
wouldn't be surprised if Smith is harder to trust then Draco (I'm a 
little of a Draco pusher).

Quick_Silver (all this talk of house unity has me wondering if I 
missed something)