Back to Slytherin House (Was: Ending WAS : Compassionate hero)

[lizzyben04]

No: HPFGUIDX 176131

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Katie" <anigrrrl2 at ...> wrote:
>
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Bruce Alan Wilson" 
> <bawilson@> wrote:
> >
> > Carol asks why that ambitious pure-blood Percy W. wasn't put in 
> Slytherin.
> > 
> > Because he *asked* to be in Gryffindor, with the rest of the 
> family.  We know
> > that the Hat takes the students' wishes into account.
> > 
> > Bruce Alan Wilson
> 
> ***Katie:
> Perhaps. Or maybe it's because the Sorting Hat knew Percy really 
was 
> brave and loyal. He proved to be both those things in the end, 
even 
> though he had been sidetracked by ambition for a few years. He's 
still 
> not my favorite guy, but I gained a lot of respect back for him by 
the 
> end. Katie
>

lizzyben:

Don't forget, in the Potterverse, choices *show* who you are. Percy 
choosing to be in Gryffindor showed that he had a "loyal & brave 
character" at heart. 

JKR has said that the Sorting Hat is never wrong. If it was just a 
matter of students arbitrarily choosing houses that are wrong for 
them - the Hat would be wrong, right? But JKR says the Hat is never 
wrong. So, it's more like students choose a House because it 
reflects their own inner character. While choosing not to be in a 
particular House shows that you dislike that House's 
values/priorities, and so would not belong there.


lizzyben