House assumptions

[Kara]

No: HPFGUIDX 45237

Barb wrote:
 
>>> 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. <<<
<snip>

Ah, you made some really excellent points that I hadn't even thought
of. I suppose I thought it would be a interesting to have the
cross-house friendships... you'd think that would happen more often,
really. I mean, it's not like the houses are completely segregated, or
that each house is so completely different than each other (except for
Slytherin, I suppose). But everything you said, about Sirius and James
being so close, Siris' contempt for Snape (much like Harry and Draco,
perhaps), to Peter's bravery in cutting off his hand.. that all makes
sense. 

What really bugs me is the fact that it seems that all Slytherin's are
evil jerks. Or at least the ones who have lines and such in the books.
Slytherin's are supposed to be ambitious and cunning. Those aren't bad
things. It just doesn't make sense to me that they would all be bad.

~ Kara