[HPforGrownups] Re: What house was Peter Pettigrew in?

[Amanda Geist]

No: HPFGUIDX 40822

Kristen said

> I think I made a mistake in my last post in that it
> was Ron and not Hagrid woh made the comment about bad
> wizards and Slytherin.

No, you didn't. In the book, Hagrid says this. Ron says it in the *movie.*
We seem to be having a rash of people confusing the movie and the book
scenes, lately. I find this odd; several instances just in the past month or
so, when nobody seemed to have any trouble distinguishing them before.

> While I do realize that the arguments for James et al
> being in Gryffindor are very strong the comment raises
> questions. Everyone "knew" that Sirius Black had gone
> just about as bad as possible, including Ron. So why
> would he make that comment unless he had been a Slytherin?

This has been discussed numerous times, but the best argument I recall is
that Hagrid (who *is* the source of the comment) is not always the best
source of factually accurate statements. He tends to be more the voice of
emotion, not clear history. In context, with this comment Hagrid is not
trying to impart a fact of history, he is trying to underscore the depths of
his dislike for Slytherin house.

This is not unlike me saying, "There's not a person I know who lost weight
who wasn't in Weight Watchers." This isn't really true. But I might make
such a statement simply to underscore how well I think the program works.

Hope that made sense,

--Amanda, wondering if she should cast "Verbatim Clarificatum" over the
whole list.....