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Plot hole: Harry potter is the hier of slytherin

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Kenny464, May 18, 2008.

  1. Kenny464

    Kenny464 Muggle

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    Hello I dont know if anyone ever did post something like these or not so if u did my bad.

    So my point in these thread is it possible that Harry Potter is the heir of slytherin and J.K herself didnt see the loop hole?

    From Book 6 pg.207 we hear that gaunt senior tell the ministry official that the ring with the resurrection stone been in the family for centuries and that it got the prevell coat of arms engraved to it

    Now here is my point, we know that Harry is related to the Prevells by the younger brother, so because of that he is in some way also related to the other brothers (they are is "uncles" +- few centuries of relatives)

    If we take it that the Gaunts also have some relation to the Prevells doesn't that mean that both Harry and the Gaunt are very very far family relatives? those making Harry one of the possible Slytherin heirs?

    If someone find something wrong in my theory plz let me know just something i tought after i re read book 6 and 7
    Once again im sorry if someone already posted these just came into my mind..

    Thx for reading will appreciate your comments
    P.S first comment on the forum tough i read it since the 7th book was out :p
     
  2. Dark Belra

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    Lurk more bitch. Plz, thx and U are not words. Spellcheck is your friend, I don't know who the fuck the 'Prevells' are and I really don't care. Numbers in names are gay. An Introduction is not necessary but it is polite.

    Last but not least, we have a plot hole thread.
     
  4. Randeemy

    Randeemy Headmaster DLP Supporter

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    I always got the impression that the Peverells were around before the founders of Hogwarts. So no, Harry would not be a decendant of Slytherin, rather one of the three Peverell brothers.

    Though I may be wrong. Hogwarts might have come first. I cannot remember.
     
  5. Blaise

    Blaise Golden Patronus

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    Oh my God, please kill Kenny.
     
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    So no, Harry Potter is not a descendant of Slytherin. They do, however, share a common ancestor.
     
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  8. Iztiak

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    Of course, this doesn't really account for any intermixing between the Potter and Slytherin lines.

    It could be possible, but it is unlikely.
     
  9. Randeemy

    Randeemy Headmaster DLP Supporter

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    But it does solve the issue raised by OP'er in relation to his logic for Harry being the Heir of Slytherin
     
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    Perhaps not so unlikely, considering the way all the Pureblood families are related to each other.

    Of course, by that logic pretty much all Purebloods would be descendants of Slytherin too. It's possible that the Gaunts "kept it in the family" even more than the norm for Purebloods though: not only did you have to be Pureblood to marry a Gaunt, you also actually had to be a Gaunt...
     
  11. MrINBN

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    This has probably already been said, but...

    Kenny, are you retarded? Did you completely ignore the numerous prods to read the fucking rules? Hell, there's even a global announcement about them! I can't even believe you exist. It's not humanly possible to be that stupid.

    Ahem, now that that's been said... Taure makes an excellent point. It is indeed possible that Harry is distantly related through the pureblood lines to Slytherin. But to be "heir" you may need a certain level of relatedness (couldn't think of the word). Say, related maybe once or twice removed. Distantly related does not fall under this category, so, no heir status.
     
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  12. Kardikek

    Kardikek Groundskeeper

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    Logic step 1.

    Logic fails. You were trying to connect Harry => Potters => Peverells => Slytherin.
    However you're guessing the Peverells have a connection to the Slytherins. By that very same logic I could guess that everyone in the wizarding world has a connection to the Slytherins making them the "heir" of Slytherin. Clearly that is not the case.
     
  13. Skeletaure

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    http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2007/0730-bloomsbury-chat.html

    I fixed up the spelling and grammar a bit. Otherwise, no change.
     
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    Step one: Drink every thing under kitchen sink.

    Step two: ????

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  15. Flaylda

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    Are you a fangirl or something? Don't lie and say 'yes', please.

    To me, the so-called possibility seems like a desperate attempt to connect Harry to the Slytherins, just for the sake of his omg-so-hot-ness or whatever the hell you fangirl has in mind. It's forced, it's illogical, and it's a fail.
     
  16. Sesc

    Sesc Slytherin at Heart Moderator

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    Quoted for fucking truth. OP; if you want an example of that, try this story. It was an okay-ish read if you like Honks, nothing original in the way it was done, but I used it to kill time as I like the pairing. It went from unoriginal to utterly craptastic in the span of a few paragraphs, when Harry meets some incarnations of the founders that tell him he's, among other things, Slytherin's heir.

    Read that and tell me it isn't
    And so is any other "explanation". Then again, your post sounds suspicious, so you might even like the story.


    Conclusion; start writing English instead of Kenny464. Oh, and what Taure sketched.
     
  17. Xiph0

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    ...so why the hell are you here again? They're pretty relevant to canon.
     
  18. Methene

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    I think he was pointing out the misspelling of the name, rather than claiming ignorance of JKR's latest Deus Ex Machina.

    As regarding the OP, sure it can be. The Wizarding families are pretty much interconnected, and with the death of Lord Voldemort, Harry may be one of the few who still has Slytherin blood running through his veins. I don't know his family tree so I can't dispute it.

    The question I wish to pose is, does it matter? The concept of Heirs is rather illogical considering the interconnecting of the Wizarding world, and has been used too much in fanfiction. Harry is the Potter heir, that cannot be disputed. Did that bring him any good at all? He got the money, but he wasted it on the Weasley bint. He probably got the looks, but also wasted them on the Weasley bint, likely subjecting his children to freckles, idiocy and child bearing hips.

    Being Slytherin's heir does not bring him any advantage whatsoever. We know the Gaunts were dirt poor, so any financial gain is out of the question. Bloodline magic can be argued, but seems to me a cheap cop out for him to gain more power.

    If he has to have a connection to the Slytherin line for plot purposes, than he is, in a story. It shouldn't bring him any advantage, however. I see it more useful for him to adhere to an ideology, rather than being related to some one. Say for example, he sees the magical world being diluted and destroyed by Mudblood ideals and he decides to change it...
     
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