which house James was in

[joym999 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 14710

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Steve Vander Ark" <vderark at b...> wrote:
> Okay, some time ago someone challenged my placing James Potter in 
> Gryffindor in the Lexicon. I looked around for some kind of proof, 
> but there isn't any in the books. [snip]
> 
> And I found it. Not perfect, not legally binding, but it's enough 
for 
> me to now officially place James in Gryffindor. It's in the second 
> Scholastic interview. JKR is asked the question "What position did 
> James play on the Gryffidor Quidditich team?" She answers that 
James 
> was a Chaser. The fact that she doesn't correct the questioner is 
> telling (she corrects other people who make other assumptions in 
> their questions). Put that on top of the other logical evidence, 
and 
> I think makes it 99.9% certain that James Potter was in fact in 
> Gryffindor.

It also IMHO implies that Sirius Black and Remus Lupin were almost 
certainly in Gryffindor, too, and probably Peter Pettigrew as well.  
(Lupin at some point tells Harry that although he should not take 
sides he is rooting for the Gryffindor Quidditch team, which is also 
evidence that he was a Gryffie.)

This all adds up to further evidence that Hagrids frequently-
discussed statement in PS/SS that all of Voldies supporters were 
Slytherins is most likely inaccurate, since at that time everyone 
believes that Sirius Black is a big Voldie supporter.


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  "Them!" said Stan contemptuously.  "Don't listen properly, do 
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