Previously discussed topics redux

[Susan McGee]

No: HPFGUIDX 4697

Few things:

We discussed --- Hagrid's comment that "there's not a single witch or 
wizard who went bad who wasn't in Slytherin."
We concluded that he wasn't the most accurate reporter because we 
assumed Peter Pettigrew was NOT in Slytherin. I think he is accurate.
IMHO PP WAS in Gryffindor, as were the other three Marauders, but 
Hagrid did not know PP was evil. So, there may be other witches or 
wizards who were evil who weren't in Slytherin, but Hagrid didn't 
know of them. McGonagall said that each house has produced 
outstanding witches and wizards. It would be interesting to know

Same sentence p. 61, 62 of the PS..."You know Who was one". said 
Hagrid.
You Know Who Was At Hogwarts? says Harry
Years an' years ago, said Hagrid.

So Hagrid MUST have known that Tom Riddle (who he knew at Hogwarts)
became Lord Voldemort, and in fact, HARRY knows that Voldemort was at 
Hogwarts BEFORE CofS (although obviously not that T.R. became L.V.)So 
others know, but as Dumbledore says "few recall". My guess is that 
few people want to even THINK about the horror of Lord Voldemort, and 
therefore ten years later, only a few diehards are still focused on 
him. So, they are NOT telling their kids about it. Note Arthur 
Dursley telling Ron and Harry they are too young to understand, and 
Harry, Ron and Hermione had to pry the story out of Sirius in the 
PofA.

As for Hermione being in Gryffindor instead of Ravenclaw, when JKR is 
asked what House she would want to be in (in one of the interviews, 
she says "Gryffindor, of course." Then she says that she'd probably 
end up in Ravenclaw. Since this is HER book and HER fantasy, she gets 
to put her alter ego -- Hermione -- where she would like to be.

Susan