House Prejudice, was Clue from JKR about Hagrid's House

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No: HPFGUIDX 22529

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Sam Brown" <find_sam at h...> wrote:
> Does it annoy anyone else slightly that Gryffindor is *such* a 
> prominent house in the canon?

Yes.

>Most of the main characters are in this 
> house - the Trio (of course), all of the Weasleys, Dumbledore, 
> Hagrid, and the assumption is that the Marauders and Lily were (I 
> just know I'm going to be nitpicked for writing that... <g>). JKR 
> once said in a chat, IIRC, that she would be in Gryffindor, so it's 
> fairly clear she favours that house.
> 
> Personally it irritates me that Gryffindor House is favoured above 
> the rest in the canon, especially in the case of Hagrid. I don't 
see 
> Hagrid as being a Gryffindor - he is, IMO, much more of a 
Hufflepuff 
> personality: hard working and loyal. Hagrid and Gryffindor just 
don't 
> match up for me, and I don't really like it that JKR is putting a 
lot 
> of the 'heroes' into the one house, just because that house is 
> the 'best'. It's as if, to be good and heroic, you must be a 
> Gryffindor. Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs clearly aren't fit to save 
the 
> world. And Slytherins... well, they're just evil, aren't they?
> 
> *gasps* Something I *don't* like about the HP series?! I'm going to 
> end my rant here and wash my mouth out with soap!
> 
> Sam

rainy lilac wrote in message 22509:

>I do like the idea of a surprise coming up, some kind of evidence 
>that might suggest that the cunning Slytherins, though prone to Dark 
>Ways, do not HAVE to go in that direction and that there might be a 
>notable Slytherin who will rise above it all.  (Well, Snape for 
>sure...)

rainy lilac also wrote in message 22517:

>No, nobody is ever automatically bad, of course not:  but let's 
>face it, Slytherins do have a bit of a reputation, and there are 
>several places where characters express an acute awareness of 
>this.  Nothing so far has come up to challenge that reputation.  It 
>is so hard for me not to imagine that this will continure 
>unchallenged through all the books.

I just believe that surely we are going to see some Slytherins who 
are not evil.  If not I will be very disappointed as I too am a bit 
tired of all the so-called good and heroic guys/gals being in 
Gryffindor. I think Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff will come on strong in 
their own way and there has to be more to Slytherins than just Death 
Eaters and Dark Wizards.

There has to be more than one good Slytherin.  I would like to think 
that there might be another Slytherin spy or a Slytherin working 
somewhere to help defeat Voldemort. I would just love it if the 
Slytherins play the biggest part of defeating Voldemort (that is, if 
he is defeated). The whole school hates the Slytherins.  Maybe one 
day they will be glad that group is around.  

Koinonia