[HPforGrownups] Re: Pettigrew's House

[Bethany Romans]

No: HPFGUIDX 24011


--- tenpinkpiggies at hotmail.com wrote:
> Hi! You wrote:
>  
> 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...
> 
> ...but Percy girlfriend is in Ravenclaw, and
> Cho(Ravenclaw) was 
> certainly attached to Cedric (Hufflepuff), so it's
> not unheard of. 
> Besides they do take classes together. Personally, I
> would like to 
> think Pettigrew was in Gryfindor, just to show that
> J.K. isn't totally 
> biased towards them, but I don't want to assume it,
> and he doesn't 
> really seem to fit the profile...
> 
> -Cornflower O'Shea

 While it's true that Pettigrew doesn't fit the brave
and loyal profile of a Gryfindor, neither does
Neville.
Neville has shown rare moments of courage; standing up
to Malfoy and his cronies at the Quidditch match,
standing up to the Trio when they were sneaking out of
their common room. However, Peter has done a few
ballsy if not brave things too; spying for LV, killing
the muggles and incriminating Sirius. I'm not saying
that Longbottom is another Pettigrew, just that they
have a few superficial similarities. Neville however
chooses to stand up for what is right where Peter
chooses to do what is most beneficial to himself. As
it has been said before, how else would he and James,
Sirius, and Remus have gotten so close unless they
were in the same house? True the houses do have some
contact with each other, but not the amount that would
have been required to tutor the struggling (Neville
again) Peter on how to become an Animagus. Therefore I
think it almost certain that he was a Gryfindor. 
Bethany
 


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