Someone to switch houses?

One rumor, sort of the great grandfather of all unconfirmed rumors these days, is that someone will switch Houses. Do you think this will happen? IF it does, who do you think will switch and to where?


My own inclination is that it will not happen. If it does, however, the most logical switch would be Luna to Gryffindor.


Sorting Hat

[Alz]

That seems like an interesting one and the devil in me would say Harry Potter, afterall the Sorting Hat did have a terrible time working out where to put him.
In reality, well i'm not sure we have ever been presented with this in any of the books, I got to thinking that once you were 'housed' that was your lot.

But it is an interesting rumour ...
Seeing Luna go to Gryffindor wouldnt be nice for me, one of the things I love her that character is how openly intelligent she is but JKR choses to wrap her up in this 'credibility' image ... I think this is done for a reason to try and make her easy to discredit but indeed cannot to ignored.

That would represent a few raminfications if possible, does the hat suddenly wake and declare a mis-sorting, does a student ask for a second audience?
We know from the past that Harry has engaged the Hat post sorting and the hat shows no regret mentioning that Harry could have been a Slytherin as well as a Gryffindor ...

[Nagini]

That would be interesting. I haven't heard that rumour before. I wonder why there would be a need for a student to switch house though?

If the rumour was true and there was to a switch then it might be Hermione as the sorting hat considered putting her in Ravenclaw. Although the thought of Harry being put into Slytherin with Malfoy and his cronies and having Snape for a Head of House would be too much fun!

I think that perhaps this is something people have discussed and others have taken it to be a rumour though.

[Norbert]

Dumbledore tells Harry that he was put in Gryffindor because he himself wanted to be placed there. Your own decisions and desires carry more wheight than even your lineage when it comes to being sorted, so it would seem very possible that someone might switch houses. I imagine that to do so one would have to approach Dumbledore with the request to be re-assesed by the sorting hat. To me it seems very plausable. As young wizards and witches are growing up and becoming adults it is likely that a select one or two is going to change personality enough that they may want to be sorted again. I'm almost surprised we haven't seen it before.

Who it will be and where to and from is anyones guess though???

[Kingsley]

Well not to switch subjects that much but--if the HBP was in a different house, all knowing Dumbledore would not mind him being closer to Harry and that would add to the plot wouldn't it--I am not saying that I believe the rumor, I just think that it can happen and if it were to happen, it would be pivotal to the story, if it were to be Harry, I think it would have to happen in book 7

[Tinkerbell]

Wow, never really occurred to me that this could happen!

However, having thought about it, I have always thought that Ron should be in Hufflepuf!!

Also have to agree about Luna coming over to be a Gryf tho - particularly after she fought side by side with Harry in the MoM.

[Kingsley]

Ron being a huff?
Ron is probably the bravest because he has no reason to be--he doesnt have any skill but will jump into any fight
Luna--her whole thing is non credited knowledge--
We got knowledge already in Gryffyndor--hermione on the other hand--does seem to be giving more intelligence than bravery these days--
i am still leaning towards the hbp switching to be a gryff