[HPforGrownups] Re: Pettigrew's House

[- Joy -]

No: HPFGUIDX 23999

IMHO, this "all bad wizards came from Slytherin" idea is just a stereotype,
like "all movie moguls are Jewish" or "all college graduates are
intelligent".  I don't think it's possible for every bad wizard ever to be
from Slytherin.  That's just too unlikely, and it seems like Dumbledore or
his predecessors would have taken some action to change the house system if
it was the case.  What a great way to cure the problem of Voldemort
supporters!  I think it has to be a generalization.

 Also, considering the amount of time that students seem to spend with
people in their own houses, it seems likely that both Pettigrew and Sirius
were in Gryffindor.  Would James really have the opportunity to form such a
close bond with two people he didn't share a common room or a Quidditch team
with?  I don't think so...

~Joy~

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Bente wrote:
> I'm new, too, and I've a further question on the same topic. Hagrid
> said, in the first book, that every wizard who ever went bad was in
> Slytherin. Does this mean that Sirius Black was in Slytherin? (We
> know he didn't go bad, but Hagrid certainly thinks he did.)