Ravenclaw Penelope (Was: Movie bruhaha)

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"Steve Vander Ark" <vderark at b...> wrote:
> 
> > The incident in question isn't the spare robes. It's the fact 
that 
> > Harry and Ron didn't know that Penelope was a Ravenclaw on sight. 
> > They would have known that if she had been wearing all the house-
> > specific stuff we see in the movie.

Doesn't Penelope have have long curly hair?  If she does, maybe her 
hair covered her crest.  Since she was down in the general area where 
the boys knew the Slytherin common room to be, it seems logical that 
they would assume she was a Slytherin, even if they couldn't see the 
crest.  Maybe when she says "I'm in Ravenclaw" (thought it's not 
allluded to in the book), she could sweep her hair back and they 
could clearly see the Ravenclaw crest before she walks away.  She 
obviously knew they weren't in Ravenclaw (possibly by the crest). 
True, she might just know they're not in her house, but I don't know 
that she would know EVERYONE in Ravenclaw.  Remember the Gryffindor 
quidditch team didn't know who Colin was when he was taking pictures 
until Harry assures them he's not a spy and in their own house.  I'm 
guessing that they just might not know everybody.  I certainly didn't 
know all the people in other class years when I was in school, so I 
would assume that they wouldn't necessarily know everyone in every 
year in their house by site, except maybe by their crest.