House assumptions

[marinafrants]

No: HPFGUIDX 45284

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Richelle Votaw" <rvotaw at i...> wrote:
> Becky writes:
> 
> > I'm curious by what you mean here. I haven't read anything in 
canon
> > that would seem to imply that MWPP's friendship was "unique." We 
only
> > have a description that "You'd have thought Black and Potter were
> > brothers!" - PoA, The Marauder's Map
> 
> And it was said that you never saw one without the other.  Big 
deal if they
> were in the same house.  You rarely see Harry without Ron.  Nobody 
seems the
> least bit impressed by that. 

That's because Ron hasn't betrayed Harry to be murdered.  If he ever 
does, you can bet there will be a whole lot of people saying, "My 
God, I can't believe it!  Why, he and Harry were inseperable!"  It's 
Sirius' supposed betrayal that makes his closeness with James seem 
so remarkable by hindsight.


> If Sirius was a Slytherin it would also explain why Snape hated 
him so much
> as well.  Your housemates are supposed to be close to you, not try 
to get
> you killed.  

Oh, come on, do your really think Snape needs an *extra* reason to 
hate Sirius?  After the Whomping Willow prank, and whatever whatever 
taunting/bullying/other interpersonal conflict may have taken place 
before it?  This is Snape we're talking about.  He'll hate you if 
you look at him cross-eyed.

Plus, Snape's hatred of Gryffindors only makes sense if Gryffindor 
house was the main source of his misery.  If the Marauders were 
spread across all four houses, there would be no reason for him to 
single out Gryffindor for his hatred.  There would especially be no 
reason for it if Sirius wasn't in Gryffindor.


> Cedric Diggory, a known Hufflepuff, was described by Dumbledore 
as "a boy
> who was good and kind and brave."  You can be brave and be a 
Hufflepuff.
> Bravery is not reserved for Gryffindors only.

That's right.  Bravery is not reserved for Gryffindors, and loyalty 
is not reserved for Hufflepuffs, and intelligence is not reserved 
for Ravenclaws, etc.  So there's no reason to assume that the 
Marauders needed to come from all four houses in order to have all 
four traits, or that their different personalities mean they 
couldn't have all  come from the same house.  If Harry, Ron, 
Hermione and Neville can all come from Gryffindor, I see no reason 
why James, Sirius, Peter and Remus couldn't have.

Marina
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