The Sorting Hat's SECRET Powerful Ability - Harry Potter Theory

[@MaxAndersonn]

Hogwarts sorting hat was able to sense Dracos Malfoys catch phrase: My father will hear about this.

[@Saram_Waqas]

Really?

[@MaxAndersonn]

@@Saram_Waqas yes that’s why he was sorted into Slytherin

[@barbiquearea]

When you consider how Draco was raised, his upbringing by two fully fledged Slytherins, who completely indoctrinated their son with their propaganda by the time of his first year at Hogwars. It all but ensured he would be sorted into Slytherin.

[@jawsomejavahhidkwhatelseto9068]

The spoiled kid be like:

[@avox2612]

Baby Karen be baby Karen

[@clintparsons3989]

I’ve always thought of it as sort of like a Meyer Briggs personality test, but if you wanted to be in a particular house strongly (or didn’t want to be in a particular house strongly) then that would take precedent over which house you fit into the most. For example, Ron wanted to be in gryffindor so he would have been placed in gryffendor regardless of whether he ordinarily would have belonged in another house. He never had anything to worry about, since that’s what he wanted and he was getting himself hyped up over nothing.

[@timatuneage4144]

Let’s sort of find out. I’m INFP and ended up in Ravenclaw per Pottermore.

[@kaimagnus5760]

I've always seen it as the hat looking deep down in the student's Subconsciousness and seeing parts of their personality that not even the student themselves may be aware of. Lockheart could have been one of the brightests wizards of all time.....had he not let his vanity get the better of him. Wormtail could have been just as great of a wizard as any of his friends.....if he had mannaged to move past his cowardly disposition. Harry could have easily gone on to be the Second Dark Lord and been more powerful than Voldimort ever dreamed.....But he loved his friends too much to ever consider doing anything to hurt them. This is where the hat's power truely shows in my oppinion. It not only can it see the diamond in the rough, it can also see the slag that would need to be broken through to get to it.

[@alexburt1323]

Exactly right! Especially when it came to Harry Potter. He was a clean slate and the hat sensed traits of Griffyndor and the Slytherin traits of a certain member. He would have done well in either of the 4 Houses. But those 2 Houses stood out in his Mind.

[@zat1245]

Close. It’s not about personality, it’s about values. Basically not exactly what you are now but what you aspire to be or traits you look up to. An easy way to understand is the case of Wormtail. He’s not brave at all but he admires people who are. Which makes him a Gryffindor.

[@tristanoronce4433]

I've always thought this too, I thought it was common knowledge. The hat sees your innate traits, that's it. If the hat sees that you have strong afflictions in let's say two different traits, then that's when it takes longer in choosing a house for you.

[@chadgosier4999]

Well Lockheart getting into Ravenclaw makes sense….. Even tho what he was doing was wrong. It takes some amount of intelligence to get rich of a con that big…

[@theoldproject7394]

Harry isnt powerful, hes just extremley lucky in all his altercations. Hes just an ordinary wizard.... but yaknow keep dreaming kkai magnus :p

[@isaackim7675]

Minerva McGonagall, "Draco Malfoy." Sorting Hat, "Hufflepuff!" Malfoy, "Hufflepuff? But my entire family's been in Slytherin for generations! MY FATHER WILL HEAR OF THIS!"

[@kellysouter4381]

He would have attended Durmstrang instead.

[@meredithwhite5790]

I've always thought the sorting hat looks into their mind and sees a combination of what traits they have, which ethos they could learn the most from, and what traits they personally value. For example Hermoine may have been more naturally gifted in the traits of Ravenclaw, but she could learn more from Gryffindor and valued those traits more (possibly because they didn't come as easily to her as intelligence).

[@alejandrotorresriquelme8714]

Hermione was a muggle amongst high family wizards, she will need more courage than just intelligence

[@ich3730]

if thats true thats a retarded system, These children are 11 years old for fucks sake. They simply CAN NOT KNOW what they value in life or from what they could learn the best. When i was 11 i wanted to be a T-rex xD

[@hunterkiller1440]

I've always wondered if the hat could be used like Truth serum in the court of Wizarding law.

[@Fuzzy_Yordle]

My assumption would be no. It is likely a purpose built tool. It can probably only use its powers for one thing - sorting people into Hogwarts houses. Admittedly it's a bit of a Rube Goldberg Machine way of sorting, making a potent magical artifact that's much more powerful than is really necessary, but that's rather in line with wizards in general. Narratively, as a world building tool, it's definitely more interesting than "pick a straw," and - knowing Rowling - that's about the extent of it.

[@kellysouter4381]

I haven't heard of it.

[@lisarandall9354]

So did I as it could see EVERYTHING In your brain?

[@JoshuaWillis89]

Wizards already have legilimency, veritaserum, memory extraction, unbreakable vows, and probably other techniques they seemingly don’t use in court that would make assessing the truth much simpler. They have an antiquated and inconsistent justice system. Hagrid was wrongly blamed for opening the Chamber of Secrets as a kid and then sent to Azkaban as an adult for the same thing. Sirius was wrongly convicted of murdering Peter and several muggles. Harry would have been punished for saving Dudley from dementors had Dumbledore not had a witness tailing him and shown up to defend him at the trial. It’s rather absurd how flippantly they are willing to condemn people based on terrible to no evidence when they have the ability to know exactly what happened.

[@ElsaBorzoi]

Legilimency! That would explain a lot. Well researched, brilliantly done.

[@barbiquearea]

The Sorting Hat in my opinion works very much like a computer program. It doesn't have any personal judgements or convictions for the subjects it sorts into different houses. This is because like modern A.I technology, it can only follow whatever algorithm programmed (or in this case charmed) into it and likely cannot go against its base directives, even if it knows about the personalities or types of people certain students will become later in life.

[@scottmantooth8785]

*in other words the sorting hat is the repository of an arrhythmical incantation AI*

[@dakotamartinez8310]

That is a possibility.

[@patman0250]

No that's not quite right, because it does have personal judgments and convictions when it sorts. You see it here with Harry Potter, hat was adamant that he can do great thing's with Slytherin, and he also took Harry Potter's personal preference into consideration as well. A decision made by an algorithm like entity, would be absolute without deviation in it's decisions. So we know that's not what's happening here. The sorting hat has an absolute personality, dare I say it's an inanimate object with perhaps a human soul? Something like a lightened horcrux of some sort. Perhaps when the founders passed on their magic of insight, it also passed on some of their personality traits as well, creating an actual conscious entity in the process. That makes way more sense.

[@scottmantooth8785]

*maybe the infrequent hat stalls are just an example of the sorting hat being bored with the whole process and throwing in a bit of theatrics for its own personal amusement* *also if the hat can read or sense the wearers thoughts and motives could it not also put thoughts into the wearers mind unawares to conform to its own predictions?...or would that be telling?*

[@dustingaethje1332]

I mean, maybe it can, but why would it do that? Like, it's a true neutral inanimate object, what reason would it have to manipulate people's minds lmao? Also, I don't think those abilities are in an all or nothing relationship. I think you can probably have legilimensy without being able to manipulate minds, just like you can extract memories without being able to falsify them.

[@DearSis]

I think it’d be cool if you did a video on why some magic fades after the caster’s death (Lilly’s flower to Slughorn disappeared when she died) while other magic does not (the founders have been dead for centuries but their magic still enchants the hat)

[@kellysouter4381]

Good question.

[@MisterSketch4]

I would want to see this video.

[@JoshuaWillis89]

I’ve never thought about it before. Harry is released from Dumbledore’s spell when Snape kills him, as well.

[@bookmouse2719]

interesting

[@feonaarabellaparaiso1786]

I assumed it was based on the strength applied to the magic… if that makes sense? Lily’s love for Harry is eternal, so I think her magic would never fade when it comes to protecting him. The founders of Hogwarts were exceptionally powerful wizards who believed in the mission to educate and teach students how to control and harness their magical abilities, and their passion lives on still. However, something like a nice gift to a teacher Lily liked… it probably was sincere and she probably did hope he liked it, but it wasn’t the same intensity as her love for her only son. But there’s probably other examples that counter my theory though. Maybe it’s simply a difference in technique, skill, or “craftsmanship” to magic that isn’t said outright that affects the Magic’s ability to endure time.

[@dantheories7276]

I've always been curious about if the sorting hat makes sure there are an even number of students in each house, or if some years there's a big imbalance. Like, in an unusual year, three times more Hufflepuff students were sorted than what's typical, or something.

[@Fiery154]

Excellent point!

[@patman0250]

I thank you forgot a very important fact about the sorting hat. it's choices aren't absolute with the hat's decision alone. It also takes your personal preference into consideration as well. we see that here with Harry potter.

[@Mountain8ear]

The Sorting Hat says "it's all in here". It reads your mind, and figures out who you are by how you've acted before you come to the school, and can discern character traits. I didn't think the the Sorting Hats ability was all that controversial or mysterious.

[@gex6095]

Id love to see a video on the owls abilities if you havent done so already

[@Huskytabby]

Video idea for you to do: What additional effects do spells have that are not seen in the movies? For instance, what else can the patronus charm do besides ward off dementors?

[@Donnyjohnsonbooks]

I think the hat was once a wizard, perhaps a friend of Griffendor. Some tragedy forced the wizard to occupy his friend's old hat, granting him eternal life, unfortunately as a hat. But, he was given a very important job to make his eternity more bearable.

[@majora320]

I wonder if there have ever been students who have shown qualities that favored all four houses, that would definitely cause a hat stall. I'd say at that point the hat would just let that student choose their house.

[@Pinkstars1605]

To me the hat has an ability similar to legilimency where it reads the student's mind and so can easily predict what house a student will do well in. What it doesn't pick up on though is the student gets a choice in the amount.

[@shadow_entity9191]

I think it's much more likely that it looks into the past of the child. It evaluates their moral mindset, their ambitious, bahaviors... etc.

[@ich3730]

an 11 year old does not have a moral mindset or ambitions. Because they are 11 years old.

[@zat1245]

@@ich3730 They are 11, not comatose. They have ambitions and morals.

[@dustingaethje1332]

@@ich3730 You clearly don't remember what it's like to be 11, nor do you ever interact with any 11 year olds apparently. I've met quite a few 10 year olds who are wiser than some adults.

[@richardmattocks]

I wondered if the Sorting Hat was deliberately working against type… so the evil wizards are given to the “nicest” house to soften their nastiness… and the powerful but nice wizards goto slytherin to toughen them up… and then it just hopes things work out. Inevitably sometimes it goes horribly wrong but on the whole most wizards end up “basically ok” and balanced out.

[@moe_chi]

I wonder what happens to the witch or wizard wands when they die if they dont have anyone to pass it on too

[@barbiquearea]

Usually don't wands get buried with their witch or wizard owner?

[@scottmantooth8785]

*wands do have something of their owners personality traits and some wands develop their own and can become pretty nasty/stubborn or vindictive if someone they do not like or unskilled attempts to use them...makes me wonder if manchineel wood has ever been used for a wand...given that every aspect of the tree is toxic it would no doubt it would favor the dark arts and be amplified by a core of equally twisted abilities and aspects*

[@kellysouter4381]

@@scottmantooth8785 like yew wood.

[@scottmantooth8785]

@@kellysouter4381 *the list of known or standard wand woods is pretty detailed as to their properties and idiosyncrasies... however it would make sense that there other wand woods exist in other parts of the world known to other schools that have characteristics that defy the skill set of wandmakers in Europe... manchineel trees grow in the Caribbean and while extremely toxic it is used by natives for other things albeit very carefully*

[@dustingaethje1332]

@@scottmantooth8785 Only certain species of wood can be used and only some of those trees of those species are magical. For example, some species of maple can be used, but not every maple tree can be used, similar to how not every human is magical. So maybe none of those trees are magical. Or maybe they haven't been discovered yet.

[@Observer675]

I liked the idea that the sorting hat saw a person's potential, and made a desicion based on that. Although what factors make up 'someone's potential' is debateable, and even with the best circumstances in place not every student lives up to their potential, like Peter Pettigrew in Griffindor. Basing the desicions on a person's potential also feeds into why students themselves can influence the choice, as if they believe they will not do well in a certain place [house] they're likely to serseptible to a self fulfilling prophecy, thus if they then joined that house they would never live up to their potential.

[@bookmouse2719]

House founders put something of themselves into the hat to see into student's minds and determine who would fit best in a certain house. In Harry's case he had a bit of Tom Riddle in his head so the hat got contused and thought he should go to Slytherin. Harry was more brave then ambitious, he was ambitious to be a good person then ambitious to dominate others.

[@kentonbaker2930]

J. K. Rowling originally included a chapter about a magical lice outbreak that occurred post Sorting Ceremony. But she later decided to do away with this story line as it bugged to many people.

[@CharmeIeon]

it's can't see into the future it actually sees into minds of parson's personalty who ever wears it

[@JustinUK03]

It uses the Power Of Legilimens

[@Amadeus8484]

We know for a fact that the Hat at least has an opinion of what kind of Wizard/Witch the wearer will be. Whether it is a judgement call, an opinion or magic is anyone's guess.

[@josecorrearollano]

What about the sorting at Ilvermorny? A video on that would be great!

[@alastorclark3492]

ive always thought it read your mind specifically your most key defining traits and then also taking into consideration personal prefrence.

[@TheLennerTV]

My thought is that, just like certain wands are matched with certain wizards. The wizards "magical energy" differs from person to person. This type of energy is what i belive the sortinghat is able to sense and analyze. And, depending on their magical traits (similar to personal traits), the hat is placing the student accordingly.

[@EmilyCheetham]

Many have said that it’s not necessarily who the students are that the hat picks up on but who they inspired to be. Take Peter he wasn’t brave but he admired bravery. That’s why he was placed in Gryphindor. So it’s what they admire to be that can dictate a pupils house. That’s why the had won’t admit it was wrong.

[@tregonzo]

"Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain." Arthur Weasly

[@Captain_Chaz86]

the hat takes your opinion into account.

[@chrisblanc663]

The sorting hat looks inside the kids head and what traits talents they have, values, etc. it doesn’t see the future. It just checks to see which house each kid is most compatible with. It saw a lot of qualities that slithering valued in Harry, but it also saw his bravery and since he refused to go to slithering, gryfindor it was. I always thought Harry would have ended up expelled pretty quickly from hogwarts if he ended up in slithering. Imagine snape having the power to expel him. He would be great in slithering, assuming his head of house wouldn’t get in the way.

[@WoodBilly53]

Harry is a horcrux, what if the hat saw Riddle in their with Potter, makes sense with the argument that the hat is having with itself "But where to put you," before Harry intervenes by asking to not be in Slytherin . Just my opinion . I think the hats sees both .

[@thebluestig2654]

The hat has the personalities of all four Founders in it. Slytherin was a Legilimens, a mind reader, and so is the hat.

[@berserkervtuber6285]

If there is a natural legillemence user, there has to be a natural occlumense user as well. How would the sorting hat handle someone skilled against legillemency?

[@gyang333]

25% guess

[@dustingaethje1332]

To be fair, the Sorting Hat is probably the most powerful legilimence of all time, better than even Voldemort. Why do I say this? Well, it got the combined power of all 4 of the great wizards that created Hogwarts, meaning that it's probably 4 times more effective than any of them by themselves and seeing how they all had to use this skill constantly on a yearly basis to sort people into houses before the hat was created (and the fact that they are some of the greatest wizards of all time), I assume they were quite proficient at it to begin with.

[@anubhavchauhan3539]

Happy Anniversary of the Battle of Hogwarts ❤️ Raise your wands everybody, for those who have fallen /*

[@Lemon-uz1br]

Yes

[@kellysouter4381]

Oh that's right. I wish I was there.

[@Amadeus8484]

Draco Malfoy: "Hey Potter I taught the Hat a new trick!" (Puts Hat on Harry's head) Sorting Hat: "Virgin!" (Crowd Laughs) Hermoine: "Stop it Malfoy!" (Puts Hat on her) Sorting Hat: "Second Base!"

[@fixfireleo]

This is more or less how I always viewed it. That the hat is searching the personality of the student and matching it not to the House but to the FOUNDER that the student is most like.

[@donnyh3497]

What does seeing into the future have to do with sorting? The houses are all about personality traits, innate abilities, and affinities. That's what makes a good or bad fit for a particular house

[@poisonpotato1]

Maybe it's able to see into all the possible futures of each house and chooses the house that has the best possibility of helping the student accomplish its goals and personal choice. Maybe slytherin would've helped harry excel, but that's not what he wanted.

[@katmaresparkles9578]

To be honest I prefer the Ilvermorny School's way of sorting the students. It is more hygienic and built to last through the ages.

[@timelliott4117]

He could not be placed in Slithering. His nemesis is Malfoy who is responsible for a lot of characteristics due to their conflict. Malfoy is legacy with a father that will ensure placement with whatever means that are needed. The hat could have placed harry anywhere, but "there is always help at Hogwarts for those who ask". place him anywhere but. Harry asked for help, we all know" Help will always be available at Hogworts for those who ask".

[@eranshachar9954]

I don't think the sorting hat can see the future. If to be accurate he can see the future potential of the kid. And yes it did come to my mind many times, what even more interesting to me- You have mentioned Queenie as natural in Legilimency, I would have said it myself if you didn't. To me Legilimency and Occlumency goes hand in hand, if you are a natural master of one you are also a natural master of the other. What if the young student is using Occlumency during the ceremony? And also how does the hat knows if a child is PB if the child is using Occlumency? Because as we all know when you are an Occlumens you can modify your own memories, that way you can pretend to be PB and no one can really know that you are actually a MB, think about that.

[@666DarkOverlord]

I think if it is able to see the future it can see the 4 potential futures one for each house, it then chooses the one that will give the student the most personally defined success, this doesn't take into account morality of society as a whole or whether their success will be detrimental to others, it is simply putting them where they will thrive most in whatever future they choose for themselves. This would explain hat stalls when students who's future could be equally successful in multiple houses it needs to delve deeper and analyze each potential more closely to figure out which one gets that little step ahead of the other and failing that might ask the student their opinion like with harry pleading to not be slytherin that was the deciding factor between slythering and gryfindor as it would have been detecting the splinter of voldemort inside which would have been pushing for slytherin.

[@Fiery154]

The Sorting Hat wanted to put Harry into Slytherin solely because it sensed Voldemort’s horcrux. Harry isn’t particularly ambitious. He notoriously does not appreciate his fame. He’s not particularly cunning either and is often referred to as being “thick.” He doesn’t want to participate in the Tri-wizard tournament, tries to shrug off Lockheart and doesn’t take much pride in anything in particular (except maybe his dad). Even though he is good at quiddich, he’s not even boastful about it. Harry doesn’t qualify for Slytherin on any of his own merit.

[@chipsotopher]

I always thought of it as similar to the way a powerful wizard's will could be put into a painting, and continue to influence the world according to the principles of the subject of the painting, like the previous headmaster's paintings in the headmaster's office, or Dumbledore's sister in the hog's head. and each of the 4 original founders of Hogwarts had put their process for choosing students into the hat. The hat then contained all 4 of the headmaster's desires and assigned students to whichever house wanted them most. This would mean each student would wind up in the house that was willing to invest the most in developing their skills.

[@Sayyamjain1008]

2 questions - 1. If the hat belonged to Godric Gryffindor then it should not have been confused to decide whether a student is to be put in Gryffindor or not. 2. The hat was enchanted so how come it aged and became weary? The sword never aged, the cup never aged, and the cloak too never aged.

[@johnwilliams8818]

The "Egg" always comes first as whatever "Hatches" comes second. While true some would argue the chicken must be there to lay the egg... That isn't really how the evolution of species works. As we've seen that chickens originated as a species of reptile and changed in the egg due to environmental changes.

[@ich3730]

wtf are you smoking

[@johnwilliams8818]

@@ich3730 Obviously a higher quality than you are used to getting. Try turning the sound on so that you can "hear" what the fella is talking about. Maybe that would give you some context.

[@smerphus]

I've always thought that the hat picked the house based on whichever trait the kid valued the most in themselves more than what they actually were. Kid might not be very ambitious but really values the bit of ambitiousness they've got, put them in slytherin, etc, etc.

[@barbiquearea]

The Sorting Hat is the ultimate guidance/career counsellor.

[@MadKat197]

I think its more likely just two of them were able to do it. Salazar and either Helga or Rowena Leaning more towards Helga due to the fact she seems less likely to be able to actually get into Salazars head. Making him the stronger of the two of them. Since if this were true of all four of them were able to use this skill to such a high degree their might of been conflict sooner between the 4 of them

[@Seaedge]

Such a good video, it is very interesting.

[@imthemaryyouretherhoda286]

I have some rather interesting questions/thoughts… I was pondering on everything mentioned in this video and I began to wonder what would happen say if a student after having been sorted into a respective house began to oppose their house’s ethics, policies, and ideals began breaking their house’s rules on a contestant basis; doing things that in the muggel world be grounds for expulsion from school. But attended all of their classes making decent grades. Could or would the student be removed from their house and possibly resorted? Or would it just be an expulsion like in Hagrid’s case? What would happen if say in Harry Potter’s situation where the sorting hat had 2 possible choices Slytheran and Gryffindor, hypothetically if like I mentioned above could they just pust him in the other house the hat mentioned?

[@sandisteinberg731]

Harry Potter confused the sorting hat because he was a horcrux of Voldemort. He had captured--innocently-- certain dark abilities such as parseltongue (which were lost when Voldemort died).

[@jeffodabear]

I'm not sure why, but I have a clear memory of reading the first book as a child, and for some reason I was under the impression that the sorting hat magically contained Goddrick Griffindors magically preserved brain... and i remember being horrified that all these kids had to put a hat with a brain in it on their heads... I'm not sure why I remember this aspect of the story so vividly, seening as it doesn't seem to be a part of the Cannon (I've rewatched the movies but never reread the books as an adult)

[@gorgeousgranger5991]

Big brain theory, if the hat can see the future, then it would know that Snape was going to become a double spy, so it cleverly put Snape in Slytherin so that Voldemort would fully trust him, and so that Voldemort wouldn't kill Snape, effectively causing Voldemort to lose the war

[@richiefranklin76]

I always just assumed that the sorting hat scanned your thought patterns and the way your brain works,and pointed you towards whatever founders house your attitude most emphasizes with lol. But seeing the future is an interesting prospect

[@henriksolem4531]

One quote came to me while watching this video: "Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain" Might there be some truth to this, or is this like "May born witches marry muggles" that Molly comes with? What's your thoughts?

[@link4533]

Last time I was this early, Mipha was still alive.

[@bluebellea3]

The Sorting Hat was mistaken with Peter Pettigrew. Surprisingly he landed in Gryffindor when he had so many Slytherin qualities.

[@danyf.1442]

Well...if it could predict the future it did not do a great job lol. Also, other than sorting the students into the four houses, I would have added a fifth option: reject and send back home those who have a particular inclination for the dark arts, or simply are not suited for magic despite not being quibs. At least the school would not help dark wizards improve their skills. Moreover, I would make the ceremony private, not in front of everyone. Would have saved a lot of trouble I guess!

[@snowdog993]

OR... There are 4 voices making arguments for each house and the student may be suitable for more than 1 house. Therefore, it will take more time to sort.

[@kenhollis6197]

I think, maybe, Dumbledore would have done well in Slytherin and Snape in Gryffindor.

[@brandtfj]

students have been pre-chosen by staff we need 25% of the population to go to each house

[@MegaGreencarebear]

Wait, the 4 founders were all legilimens? Is this canon? Where are you getting that from? Do you mean natural legilimens like Queenie or just that they were skilled in it like Snape?

[@59rlmccormack]

Oh my, this is quite the study.

[@ElephantyG]

Good day to everyone

[@kalbasbas]

For me wether it peeks in someone's wishes and ambitions as well as behaviour or its future, the sorting hat is made to be an educational tool, his choice is supposed to better help a student in his time at school. So if you have an object that only search what would help a student achieve his goal pr his full potential even as not every student has a goal in life, without any moral coming in it would be perfect in the way that a human with the same abilities couldn't refrain from being subjective in this matter. And for me the scene with Harry Potter indicates that the hat doesn't see the future as the future of Harry cannot be all in his head already or it would imply absolute destiny in HP universe which I don't think really is.

[@greanstreak04]

If you can see the future, you can change the future. Being able to read minds is easier, and this was given to the Sorting Hat by its creators. It was able to read the desires, ambitions, and fears of the students...

[@timheale9]

How was it that Mr & Mrs Granger were aloud into Diagone Alley being muggles and all?

[@gabinathan5499]

IF LIKE IS SAID MAKE SURE TO NOT DWELL ON DREAMS +FORGET TO LIVE. WHAT IF THE PERSON HAS NOTHING/NOBODY TO LIVE FOR SHOULD THEY NOT CHASE A DREAM +ATTEMPT TO FULFILL IT +MAKE IT INTO REALITY?

[@kellysouter4381]

Yes, but not just sit and dream, identify the steps needed to make the dream a reality and take them one at a time. Write them down and cross them off the list as you go.

[@gabinathan5499]

@@kellysouter4381 IT'S NOT ALWAYS THAT EASY TO WRITE DOWN THE STEPS + MARK THEM OFF AS U GO TO FULFILL YOUR DREAM/S +MAKE IT/THEM A REALITY. SOMETIMES THE STEPS R VERY HARD +difficult SO THEY TAKE ALONG TIME NOT TO MENTION EFFORT.

[@carlosannick]

I have always believed the hat dose not see the future. Instead, it is able to reach deep to the a person subconscious. And is able to see there pure thoughts and emotions. And based on that pleases them on the corresponding house. ( each house had a specific trait they ask if there members) the reason it takes longer on a few more than others is. They have a stronger defense to their subconscious. This the hat can’t get a full read.

[@hundragant]

Maybe the hat struggled with Harry Potter because he had Voldemorts horcrux inside him swaying for Slytherin.

[@kayenacur]

Maybe Potter would have done well in Slytherin, fighting fire with fire. Slytherin students are interested in the dark arts, but maybe not always to use it rather to fight against it.

[@swartchalk6745]

Imagine how different things would have been if the trio all went to hufflepuff

[@dustingaethje1332]

Or if Hermione went to Ravenclaw (as she should have), Ron went to Hufflepuff and Ginny went to Slytherin.

[@gregkett2107]

I think the sorting hat has the ability to see all kids lives up until the point the hat touches their head and so he can see all their dreams hopes wishes skills gifts talents personal preferences and interests and then trys to place the kids into the house that best suits them considering that most of the houses are based more of people's personality and not so much there future for example most people in gryfindor are courage and brave people who will look to do the right thing most of the time or people who are willing to stand up to evil a good morale compass of right and wrong this doesn't mean that people in gryfindor are always good but most of the time this is the case. People in slytherin are ambitious and are willing to push the boundaries to achieve something amazing and so slytherin is the house for these sorts of people most dark wizards are highly ambitious individuals and let their pride and ambition get the best of them. Ravenclaw are most intellectual students they aren't necessarily good or bad or overly ambitious but they do love learning and teaching others. Hufflepuff are friendly most people who are in hufflepuff have great people skills and are also great with animals and plants they are more of the natural path and they are usually fantastic business owners and inventors.

[@scorpman300]

it is able to look at your personality, your character, and traits, and uses those to pick your house that you line up with the best. when it takes a longtime to pick it is because you fit in to more then one house equally. and the stronger you are the easier it is for it to pick so a person that is a huge asshole like draco it could sense that from a distance but then there are those that it takes touch because they are not strong in any one way

[@trickedouttech321]

No, the hat can not see the future, it can look into the mind & soul of the person and read the person's memories, feelings & stats so to speak, Bravery, intelligence, heart, ETC.

[@ignea259]

Video idea: what happens if two hairs of different people are put in a poly juice potion? Would it be the dominant gene?

[@kaimagnus5760]

considering what happened with the cat hair incident, It probably wouldn't be pretty.

[@ignea259]

@@kaimagnus5760 yep…

[@dorothyallan5454]

In my opinion, i think it goes either way so the hat may be able to see into the future but i also believe the sorting hat may sort the students into the houses of their families- like Draco and Ron but i may be wrong it's a kind of hard theory to uncover.

[@michaelsovocool1341]

This would be true, except Serious went to Gryffindor but his older brother, as most his family, where put in Slitheran.

[@kellysouter4381]

The Patil twins were put in separate houses too.

[@Silverlobo1992]

It probably considered Harry slytherin because of the horcrux inside him

[@davekelder6959]

The hat cant see the future . It looks at traits because if not it would have to look at the future of all 4 houses to see what one would be best for the person what is unlikely

[@alexbewick91]

It’s made with demiguise leather and stitched with the tail hairs of a quillen 👀🤌🏻

[@MountainFisher]

I can see a kid like Harry going No No NO! I won't go there! And the hat argues with them. Or one kid going I don't want to be here, I want to go home! You got ghosts running around here. Let me go the Hell home!

[@warbabyx]

Help will always come to those at Hogwarts who deserve it.

[@brandonwallach2821]

I wonder why the hat is limited to 4 choices and not 5? I would hope it could pick just one more choice and that is the person is not suited to be taught magic and is not accepted at the school at all. What if it saw what Tom Riddle was and kicked him out. And these types would be watched and never permitted to own a wand. To easy? But I guess there would be no drama and the movies would never be made, books wouldn't sell and J.K. would just mope around.. I can go with that...

[@jamesdaviesanswers8751]

Imagine a life Defining decision being based off your 11 year old personality lmao

[@kellysouter4381]

You mean your true self before the world ruins it?

[@jamesdaviesanswers8751]

@@kellysouter4381 if you think your 11 year old self is your “true” self idk what to tell you lol

[@codystromsness2130]

The hat may be able to sence a person's hopes,dreams for the feture and be able to sencd or know of a wizzards laten abilitys and personality thus it pairs people to the house it aliens with the person best fit. Because Harry was the horclux that was not ment to be and had part of Tim riddles minde and power within him maybe Harry's hat stall was due to 2 personality dwelled within Harry.

[@FeedEgg]

Harry would have been "great" in any house.

[@thomascasey2745]

Why flash something on the screen meant to be read without enough time to actually read it? It was so fast you couldn’t even find the still while sliding

[@adrianeyre3630]

It knows by their hearts

[@31mixup]

‘Sorting hats’ magic is pretty indiscriminate. I wonder if THE magic that creates ‘sorting hats’ could be more broadly applicable? Maybe explicitly to cups? My money ‘the goblet of fire’ & ‘sorting-hats’ exist due to the same bit of magic

[@31mixup]

I weaved my brain threads into the material. Maybe that’s how wizards & witches even are real. Maybe the future could be this bit of ‘magic’ BOOM! Teleportation. English cctv for wizards. Idk. An excuse to Explore the grander Harry Potter universe and it’s mechanism

[@31mixup]

Maybe a bit of magic thru a collective of magic which results in a clairvoyance and plausibly a bit of stronger personality

[@markpjf85]

Sorting hat was a really cool concept to Hogwarts schooling for houses

[@pentegarn1]

Not if the sorting hat is "True neutral" if I can use a D&D term? Then it wouldn't care..........

[@ravenRedwake]

If they had put Harry Potter into Slytherin he still would have killed Voldemort, he would have just done it to take his place. He’d probably be a rapist and a cannibal too. You know, they’re the defacto evil house.

[@RunicGamingYT]

So if Hogwarts used a sorting had to decide what house students are placed in what did other schools use/do to decide the fate of the students placement?

[@mattautri6477]

Is there a quote for how many have to be in each house? Could there be an entire year that only has 2 ravenclaw?

[@kellysouter4381]

I think it must be. Sorting is about the student not the house.

[@Username18981]

It's real power is killing lice.