Lily's House

[Kelley]

No: HPFGUIDX 1933

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Amanda Lewanski <editor at t...> wrote:
> Hi, everyone. For no reason I can put my finger on, it suddenly 
occurred
> to me that Lily would have been a good Ravenclaw. I guess it's that
> charms seem to require a bit upstairs to get right, and she was
> evidently fast on her feet when confronted with a crisis, to get 
Harry
> both physically out of the way and protected. Any thoughts?
> 
> --Amanda

I think so too, Amanda.  We know she must have been brave to face 
Vold and protect Harry.  But, I can't help thinking it's been 
mentioned more that she was quite smart.  (Plus, it kind of makes it 
hard to hang on to my "Lily is Gryff's descendant" theory.)  Lupin 
seems a good candidate for Raven also.  He really knew his DADA 
stuff.  This keeps making me wonder, though, why didn't Hermione get 
sorted into Raven?  Of course she's brave, but if any character is 
considered super-smart, it's her.  She aces everything, the other 
students consider her a brainiac, don't they?  She got McG's help 
getting the time-turner so she could take more classes because she's 
such an exceptional student.  I guess bravery is her dominating 
characteristic?  But, heck, Cho's in Raven, it would be hard to 
believe she's smarter than Hermione.  Maybe intellect is Cho's 
dominant quality.  Is that supposed to be how it works? 

Kelley