The Houses Mystery

[Christopher Nuttall]

No: HPFGUIDX 44607

The Houses Mystery

 

I'm sorry if this has been discussed before, but I don't get as much time as I would like to read pervious messages.  

 

I've often been puzzled by the contradiction between Hagrid's assertion that all the dark wizards came from Sythenian house and the existence of Peter Pettigrew, who was a close friend of James Potter and a dark wizard, betraying them.  If he was, as is genially assumed, in Gryfindor, then he should not have been a dark wizard, and if he was in Sythenian, why would he and James be friends?  Harry and Co. appear to have no close friends from any of the other houses.    I think I have solved that problem.

 

If you want, like Voldemort, to be a dark wizard, you need ambition and the willingness to bend or break the rules in pursuit of your goal.  All Sythenian traits, but you don't have to be evil to bend the rules; Barty Crouch Sr. was prepared to order the use of the unforgivable curses to fight Voldemort, and Sirus defined him as powerful and ambitious, all Sythenian traits.  We don't know for sure what house he was in, but I'll bet ten gallons (I'd better win, I don't have ten gallons) that he was a Sythenian.

 

Now, Barty Crouch Jr, who bravely attempted to free Voldemort and lied for him (something Hermione did for Harry) and therefore exhibited Gryfindor traits.  Was he in Gryfindor?  We don't know, but I suspect that he was.  

 

Snape, who was in Sythenian, showed no loyalty to Voldemort and betrayed him to Dumbledore.  Lucis Malfloy did not search for Voldemort either.  

 

Therefore, I think that only the boss dark wizards have to be in Sythenian, such as Tom Riddle, and they corrupt the other houses, using their traits to ensnare them.

 

Thoughts?

 

Chris



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