House assumptions

[sophineclaire]

No: HPFGUIDX 45253

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Sherry Garfio <sgarfio at y...> wrote:
> Barb said:
> > 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?
> 


> Now for some more thoughtful reasons.  Perhaps the Marauders had a 
higher
> purpose in mind, such as uniting the four Houses, or forming a 
group that would
> benefit from the strengths of each House's iconic virtue.  A group 
with talents
> that include intelligence, bravery, loyalty, and ambition would 
undoubtedly
> achieve more than a group that only exhibits one of these 
features.  This would
> make it necessary to recruit a member from *each* house, perhaps 
even with the
> goal of defeating Voldemort, since his Reign of Terror had 
presumably begun
> while the Marauders were still in school.  By killing James, 
winning Peter over
> to his side, and having Sirius put away, Voldemort has effectively 
crushed the
> Marauders.
> 
> 

I think they were all in the same house, just look at the trio; all 
have different qualities that should have put them in other houses.
Hermione could have been a stereotypical Ravenclaw, Harry ( Via the 
sorting hat) might have been a great slytherin, I think Ron is the 
guy who would have been in Gryffindor no matter what, and (I'm making 
a big if here for those who will bring up Neville eventually) if we 
all see Neville as being similar to Pettigrew ( a tag-a-long in the 
broadest of definitions), then maybe we can say he could have been a 
Hufflepuff.

However, except for Ron, they're all in Gryffindor.
I'm assuming that the Sorting hat's purpose is two-fold.
First of all, it saw something in each of these kids that, while they 
could excell in other houses that are considered a cosier fit, took 
into account that these are only 11 year old children and looked for 
something that needed cultivating in order for them to grow as human 
beings.

Secondly, To create diversity within the houses.

Side note: Slytherin is bad, slytherin creates Dark wizards and 
houses their children of the corn ( or cornflakes if you will). I 
don't know enough about Slytherin to make any judgements, and maybe 
it might be best to leave Slytherin out, but I don't see any reason 
for the Sorting Hat to make any special decisions regarding those 
going into slytherin. Though the Hat is very biased towards 
Slytherin, being Gryffindor's hat and all, if we ARE to take the 
stories about Slytherin and Gryffindor at face value, wouldn't it be 
sweet revenge to just....... that's another post. I'm already 
rambling and I have 5 min left on my time.

Plain and simple. Well, actually complicated and confusing. It's 
often noted that We don't see a lot of interaction with other houses 
outside of classes and, in rare moments, amongst the older students.
Maybe there isn't a serious need for that, since every house already 
has a little bit of Ravenclaw, a little bit of Hufflepuff, and little 
bit of Slytherin, and a little bit of Gryffindor in everyone. Of 
course, if you want to make friends with someone in another house, 
just because they're in another house, then maybe you should re-
examine who you are, why you might have been choosen for a certain 
house, and why your housemates were choosen.

What am I trying to say?
Each of the Maurauders probably had some main characteristics that 
would have made them just another slytherin, another hufflepuff, 
another.... But, the Sorting Hat decided to put them into one 
particular house and they all became Exceptional Gryffindors 
( We can argue about Pettigrew till the day is done, but he has done 
great things, not good things, but great things....oooooo Olivander 
with a play on words....)

SophineClaire-
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