Slytherin's evil

[Kelley]

No: HPFGUIDX 1913

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Jinx" <jinxster at c...> wrote:
> I'm 100% certain Lily was in Gryffindor - to die for your child 
like she did is a supreme act of courage.  Pettigrew - who knows?  
Probably a Slyth, you're quite right.  But I don't think the other 
three Marauders were.  They seem more Gryffindor types to me.
> James showed Gryff courage in trying to hold off Voldy, Sirius and 
James seemed pretty courageous in breaking the law to become Animagi 
simply to keep their friend happy, and then there's Sirius and Lupin 
telling Wormtail in PoA "Then you should have been willing to die for 
us, as we would have done for you."  These are not the actions of 
Slytherins.  Also, had Harry been put in a different house to the 
Marauders (and the arch-rival one at that) relations between them 
would probably not have run as smoothly as they have done.
> 
> Jinx

Jinx--  I know you didn't mention this, I'm not sure who did, but I 
want to include it here.  It was mentioned that Hagrid might not be 
the most reliable source when he says that "there wasn't a wizard who 
went bad who wasn't in Slyth."  Perhaps, but this sounds like a clue 
to me.  And, at this point Hagrid knows about Sirius, even if we 
don't.  (This was in SS)  So, is Hagrid including Sirius in this 
categorization?  I agree, if I had to guess what House the Marauders 
were in, I'd guess Gryff--don't know about Pettigrew.  Lupin seems 
like he would fit in with Raven., too.  James certainly seems Gryff 
all the way.  Lily, too, or maybe Raven.  Knowing what we now know 
about Pettigrew, we'd probably want to put him in Slyth, but who 
knows?  They could all be in different Houses, but we haven't seen 
much evidence for friendships between students of different houses.  
Doesn't mean it couldn't happen.  I'm wondering however, would JKR be 
so obvious?  If we find out the Marauders were all in Gryff, people 
would think "Well, DUH."  Plus, "if they're all in Gryff, like we 
thought, why make it such a big secret?"  It seems that the reason we 
haven't learned this, that no character has even mentioned it, it 
must be a surprise.  That's certainly JKR's style, pulling the rug 
out 
from under us.  Look how many times she's done it so far.  The 
climax/denouement of each book so far, and many little tidbits 
throughout.  And, just to throw this in, Cedric seemed very 'heroic' 
and he was Mr. Hufflepuff.

Just my thoughts.

Kelley