Sorting the Mauraders

[blaise_42]

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From: blaise_42
Subject: Re: Sorting the Mauraders
Reply To: [Yahoo! #5239] Marauders/My Friend Lee Anne Says
Date: 7/28/00 4:12 am  (ET)

<<Further, Lee showed signs of disgust at the assumption that all four
friends must have been in the same House. She said she wanted them to
have been in all different Houses, showing that their friendship was
stronger than 'that stupid House system'. I asked if she thought James
had been in Gryffindor, Sirius in Slytherin, Remus in Ravenclaw, and
Peter in Hufflepuff (oh, up to them it was alliterating!).>>

<<She thought:
Maybe:
James - Gryffindor
Peter - Ravenclaw (showing the evil potential of intelligence?)
Sirius - Hufflepuff (shows great loyalty to friend's son?)
Lupin - Slytherin (required ambition to get into Hogwarts despite
rules?)>>

Well, I don't think Remus is terribly ambitious. At least, that's not
the image I get of him from PoA. He doesn't 'use any means to achive
[his] ends,' or he'd try and cash in on being a werewolf. And I agree
with you that Peter's not terribly bookish.

<<I think Lee is wrong about Hufflepuff's virtue being loyalty; I think
Hufflepuff's virtue is hard work (which many writers would have heroized
in a very annoying way rather than making fun of).>>

But the Sorting Hat does say that the people in Hufflepuff are 'just
and loyal,' so you could well say that one of Hufflepuff's virtues is
loyalty. Another sense would seem to be that of fair play - look at
Cedric in GoF. Of course, hard work comes into it as well.

But I still like the idea of all four being in different houses. Lessee...

James - Gryffindor
Sirius - Slytherin
Remus - Hufflepuff
Peter - Ravenclaw

But that leaves Peter in Ravenclaw again. I like the idea of Sirius in
Slytherin - his behaviour throughout PoA could perhaps be interpreted as
'using any means to achieve his ends' (e.g. going into Gryffindor tower
with a knife, slashing the Fat Lady, carrying off Ron despite breaking
his leg, etc.).

Remus in Hufflepuff - well, he certainly has that sense of fair play;
look at how he treats Neville in PoA. I suppose you could swop Remus and
Peter around, but I think Remus is more likely to be in Hufflepuff than
Peter. I like Hufflepuff.

So I'm stuck now. Well, perhaps Peter was studious but not good at magic?

Any more thoughts on this?

~Blaise