Sorting Hat and Founders (WAS Re: CHAPDISC: HBP20)

[zgirnius]

No: HPFGUIDX 158179

 
> Random832:
> A lot of people like to think that the hat is immune to that sort of
> thing, immune to anything, after all, it's an artifact of the
> founders, therefore a mere confundus/occlumency/etc wouldn't have any
> effect on it, it's above that - but that's just not canon. Not even,
> IIRC, it having been created by the founders (but correct me if I'm
> wrong)

zgirnius:
No canon for infallibility. I would be very reluctant to assert 
Voldemort would be unable to tamper with the Hat. But it was created by 
the Founders, by its own account. The following is an excerpt from its 
GoF song:

> 'Twas Gryffindor who found the way, 
> He whipped me off his head 
> The founders put some brains in me 
> So I could choose instead! 

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