[HPforGrownups] Re: The Sword of Gryffindor

[k12listmomma]

No: HPFGUIDX 182584

> Geoff:
> This brings up a thought which came to me earlier today
> after my last post. There has been much talk of a link
> between the Hat and the sword of Gryffindor. One thing
> which has been exercising me is the fact that the Hat
> should be impartial and without bias when deciding to
> which house new pupils should be allocated. So, this
> begs the question: if someone in Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw
> or - heaven forbid - Slytherin <g> finds themselves in
> a situation of calling for help, how does the Hat respond?
>
> One for the academics.
>
> Geoff


Shelley:
But, there's the assumption- that the HAT responded. I think it's much more 
likely that the Sorting Hat is merely a conduit- channeling that call for 
help to the House leaders who would determine what appropriate help the 
student needed. The Sword was in Dumbledore's possession, as was Fawkes. I 
don't think the Hat picked those two items of Dumbledore's but more likely 
that Dumbledore picked those items for Harry to use.

So, by extension of my reasoning, any Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, or Slytherin 
who had the Hat in a time of danger and called for help would get magical 
items sent to them from their House leaders. Snape would have been choosing 
items to send to the Slytherin student, Sprout would have been sending items 
to the Hufflepuff, and Flitwick would be sending items to Ravenclaw 
students, or some other teacher in their house. Of course, it's possible 
that the Headmaster would hear all calls, and be the one responding, but I 
still think he'd send items that would be aligned by the House that student 
was in.