romanifeuilly:

danradcilffe I realize that Gryffindor’s sword being in the lake is supposed to bring up memories of King Arthur or w/e, but all I can think of is Monty Python 

actual conversation between Godric Gryffindor and Salazar Slytherin: 

Gryffindor: I am your king.
Slytherin: Well, I didn’t vote for you.
Gryffindor: You don’t vote for kings.
Slytherin: Well how’d you become king then?
Gryffindor: The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Godric, was to carry Excalibur. THAT is why I am your king.
Slytherin: Listen, strange women lyin’ in ponds distributin’ swords is no basis for a system of government.