[HPforGrownups] House assumptions

[Barb P]

No: HPFGUIDX 45231


Kara <akirabou at yahoo.com> wrote: 
talia wrote:

Richelle wrote:
>>>My theory has James in Gryffindor, Lupin in Ravenclaw (though the two could be switched, but I doubt it), Sirius in Slytherin, and Peter in Hufflepuff. (You know, the loyal one, "logical" choice for a secret keeper, the one both Sirius and James would agree could be the safest).<<<

What an interesting theory, and one that I hope plays out. As I was reading your post, that's exactly where I thought each one would go. It would be very interesting to find out that Sirius was in Slytherin... it would give a new perspective on that house. Afterall, not every Slytherin is an evil bastard... that would be way too stereotypical, and why would you let them even attend Hogwarts? I could see Peter as a Hufflepuff, -much- more than I could imagine him as a Gryffindor. 

 
Me:
 
I'm baffled.  I have no clue as to why folks regularly bring up the possibility that Lily or any of the Marauders might not have been in Gryffindor.  Where are you getting this idea?  From the books we see that cross-house friendships are extremely rare.  (The only one we really see is Percy's relationship with Penelope, and that seemed to develop out of their both being prefects and presumably having contact--no pun intended--because of their duties or possibly compulsory meetings.)  The likelihood of four students spread across all of the houses bonding in friendship to the point where they are working on becoming illegal Animagi together for the sake of one of the friends and then regularly sneaking out of four different houses to accompany Remus during the full moon just strikes me as patently absurd.  
 
James and Sirius are described as being close as brothers, for instance, which would be highly unlikely if they were in separate houses.  Sirius knew the entrance to Gryffindor Tower was the portrait of the Fat Lady.  Some of Sirius' contempt for Snape seems to stem from Snape's being a Slytherin, so it's highly unlikely that Sirius is a Slytherin.  As for Remus, the most likely way that the others discovered he was a werewolf would either be their noticing his absence from the dorm three nights a month or his telling them outright that that's why he was out of the dorm three nights a month.  Revelations of this sort are very unlikely among students who are not living together.  
 
Peter seems so much at the fringes (see McGonagall's description of his tagging after the others in the Three Broomsticks scene in PoA where Harry is hiding under the table listening to the professors, Fudge and Madam Rosmerta) that it is highly unlikely that he would be included in this group at all unless he was in the same house.  If Harry is very much like his father (which I suspect he is) James would probably have balked at the idea of excluding Peter from his, Remus' and Sirius' adventures.  As for Peter being loyal enough for Hufflepuff, his actions speak for themselves.  Highly unlikely.  Bravery, on the other hand...He may seem like a craven coward so far, but I think we've already seen one instance of rather gruesome bravery that contradicts the idea of cowardly Peter: his cutting off his own hand to give Voldemort his body back.  How many people would have the nerve to do that?  We might not agree with his motivations (helping the evilest dark wizard there is) but it took a great deal of bravery nonetheless.  I also believe it took some bravery to learn to become an Animagus in secret in order to accompany a werewolf.  If he failed and reverted to human form, he could have been killed by Remus.  No, I do not believe Peter is lacking in bravery.  Scruples he certainly seems to lack (and whether he's redeemable in that regard may yet be seen); bravery, hardly.
 
--Barb
 
 


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