Heir of Gryffindor (was: These two things stand out)

[colwilrin]

No: HPFGUIDX 169911

Dungrollin wrote:
"I've always hated this quote, (and it's possible I've gone on about
this before, though I don't remember...) because I don't understand
Melissa's inference that what JKR says about Harry's grandparents in
any way shuts down Harry as Gryffindor's heir theories. Just because
she needed them out of the way, doesn't mean they can't have been
descendents of Gryffindor.

JKR's seeming uncertainty ("Oh $#!&, what did I just say to make her
think that... I can't backtrack now, or everyone will know that Harry
*is* the heir of Gryffindor...") makes me think that even if harry
*isn't* the heir, she wasn't intending to shut down that line of
speculation with her comments on Harry's grandparents."



Colwilrin:
I also would love to hear the tone of voice from that interview.  I
don't believe that the question directly eliminated Harry as heir of
Gryffindor.  That exact question was never asked.

More dispositive is DD's statement to Harry at the end of COS where he states of the sword: that only a TRUE Gryffindor could pull it out of the hat.

>From the moment DD used that phrasing, I was convinced that Harry is
the heir.  I always assumed it came down from James' side, and would
explain his financial security.  Also, JKR's comment about James
being born late in life and a "treasure" alludes that he is another
treasure...maybe the first treasure being the Gryffindor vault full
of money and jewels.  It also provides a certain circularity to the
entire series.  Gryffindor and Slytherin started as what the hat
described as closest of friends.  It would be fitting that their
heirs would end the relationship at long last.

One last thought on heirs.  We know that V wants to be immortal...but
just in case that didn't work...would he have enough ego and
foresight to try and have an heir to continue the Slytherin line?
AND if so...who?