Therefore, I postulate that this first summoning was a red-herring to throw us off.
You’re overthinking this. For all you know Eliezer just meant that there was a trial coming up, or even that the song “Here Comes the Judge” mentions a hat in its lyrics.
I see what I’ve done wrong. In the original post, I assumed “here comes the judge” was hyperlinked to a google translate page. I didn’t know there was a song.
The Hat? All putting the Hat on someone’s head would do is pick a House for them—it might be able to convince Hermione that she’s innocent, if she went full Potter on it, but it’d never be able to convince Lucius.
It showed up last chapter.
You’re overthinking this. For all you know Eliezer just meant that there was a trial coming up, or even that the song “Here Comes the Judge” mentions a hat in its lyrics.
The forest: the Sorting Hat is a judge of character.
I see what I’ve done wrong. In the original post, I assumed “here comes the judge” was hyperlinked to a google translate page. I didn’t know there was a song.
Here’s the Lyrics, and they don’t mention a hat. I still think there’s something to this.
I had googled some different lyrics here where they included the phrase “Hey boy, take off that hat”.
I’m not sure how that would make it “oddly appropriate,” but good find.
Still. It’s possible, and it would make sense, depending on how perfect its Legilimency is.
The Hat? All putting the Hat on someone’s head would do is pick a House for them—it might be able to convince Hermione that she’s innocent, if she went full Potter on it, but it’d never be able to convince Lucius.