[HPforGrownups] Pettigrew in Gryffindor? (was: Tom-Harry-Choices / Wand-Transformation / Questions / Wzdg)

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At 21:04 06-04-03 -0700, Christine Acker wrote:
>Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe there is
>any canon that says Pettigrew was in Gryffindor.  I
>certainly think he should have been (even if he
>wasn't) sorted into Slytherin.
>
>To go even further, I don't think there is any canon
>that Sirius and Lupin were in Gryffindor, either.  I
>actually read a fanfic somewhere in which Harry asks
>Lupin about being in Gryffindor and Lupin replies,
>"What made you think I was in Gryffindor?"
>
>I'd appreciate any insights on this.


There is, if you want to be strict, nothing in canon
about the house of either of the four 'marauders'.
The closest you get is for James, where someone at an
on-line chat asked:

Q: What position did James play on the Gryffindor
    Quidditch team?? Was it seeker like Harry, or
    something different?
A: James was Chaser.

While it seems that Rowling implicitly confirms that
James was a Gryffindor, this is a kind of 'have you
stopped beating your wife' question, and the only
way she can deal with it if she wants to avoid
giving out any information is to remain silent about
that part. Even questioning the house ('are you sure
he was in Gryffindor?') might have been undesirable
from Rowling's PoV.

I fully believe that James Potter actually was in
Gryffindor, and the above is part of what has
convinced me, but it does not constitute actual
proof.

I am less certain about James' friends. Peter seems
a very unlikely Gryffindor, while Sirius and Remes
could both be either of the non-Slytherin houses.
This has been the source of much debate, but as far
as I am aware no real concensus has ever emerged
anywhere ;-)

The HPfGU FAQ site has some references to such
discussions at http://www.hpfgu.ork.uk/faq

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