Marauders' Houses

[cynthiaanncoe at home.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 25667

> Martin Smith wrote:
> 
> <exposition on how MWPP could each have been in a different house>
> 
Amy wrote:

> Kudos on the unorthodox House assignments.  Peter in Ravenclaw and 
> Remus in Hufflepuff are refreshing.  
> 


You mean we don't have to be bound by the pefectly reasonable 
assumption that all four Marauders were Gryffindors?  This is 
exciting.  :)

I'm working on a different theory, though.  In Harry's generation, 
there isn't much evidence of socializing among the four houses, and 
there's no evidence that things were different in James and Lily's 
day.  They dine separately, they have separate common rooms, and the 
close friendships (other than rather haphazard Yule Ball dates) seem 
to be among those in the same house.  H, H, R as well as Draco, C&G.  

That's why I think it less likely that four individuals from 
different houses would forge a close friendship like M,P,P and W.  
The logistics alone would be dicey.  There also doesn't appear to be 
a very good communication system among the houses -- you don't just 
pick up the phone and ring up Remus in the next tower.  I suppose you 
have to find people in the halls or in class, or send an owl by 
marching to the owlry, writing a note, sending the owl, and awaiting 
a response.  Very cumbersome.

So how about a 2x2 pairing?  Two are in one house, and two are in 
another.  Communication gets easier, that's for sure.  We know Potter 
is Gryffindor, and since he is best friends with Black (and Black 
certainly has the personality traits of a Gryffindor), Black is in 
Gryffindor too.

I would guess that Lupin and Wormtail are in Slytherin.  The sorting 
hat might be as biased about werewolves as everyone else, and wrongly 
believe Lupin is "cunning," particularly if it misinterprets his 
thoughts that he his hiding something.  Peter, of course, could 
easily be a Slytherin as he is willing to use rather unfortunate and 
unconventional means to achieve his ambitions.  Lupin and Peter 
becoming friends actually makes some sense.  Peter isn't very 
talented or popular, perhaps, and Lupin probably wasn't too great at 
making friends given his fear about revealing his condition, and 
would be happy to be friends with anyone, including Peter. A very 
natural pairing.  

I like the idea of Lupin in Slytherin for another reason.  Snape 
knows the Marauders are sneaking around, and he is nosy about it.  It 
seems more likely that he would get nosy about what is amiss with 
Lupin if he saw Lupin being taken away once a month.  "Snape's 
Grudge" in which Snape summons Lupin also makes sense if Snape and 
Lupin know each other from being in the same house all those years.

Cindy