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

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 54943

Julie wrote:
 
> I believe Peter Pettigrew is likely a Gryffindor; I may be proven 
wrong by
> further canon. Why does the Sorting Hat sometimes take so long to 
decide
> which house someone belongs in? Because the Sorting Hat knows there 
are
> choices to be made. The Sorting Hat can place someone in the house 
it thinks
> will be most conducive to a person's foremost needs, but it can do 
only
> that. The rest is up to the person. I'm curious to see what lies in 
store
> for Neville and Seamus, as the hat took quite a long time to sort 
both of
> them.
 
I agree that PP was Gryffindor. Hufflepuff is no no for this lazy 
traitor. He isn't bright enough for Ravenclaw...

What comes to Slytherin, PP isn't able to make much decisions for 
himself, unless it's about survival or dying. He has the 
characteristics of a servant, and Slytherin character is leading - to 
command if not always with responsibility to others.

What comes to his courage: no, he won't sacrifise his life for 
anyone. He's the Survivor. But he *did* go to be with a werewolf as a 
rat and *willingly* cut off his hand? Did not whine all that much, 
did he, even if he did beg for help? Oh, he does have courage, he 
simply won't get himself killed just to avoid being considered a 
coward. As much as Sirius loathes him, *coward* is something that 
filthy rat hasn't been called.

And well, there's many kinds of courage, heroism is just one of them.
As much as Neville modestly thinks he's not brave enough to be 
Gryffindor, I figure that if such was true, Gryffindor house would be 
empty. 

About the sorting time...
When the hat announced Malfoy Slytherin, it stayed so very little 
time that I thought it wanted off and quick at that!
 
So, maybe the hat had a *chat* with Neville, tried to comfort him 
about his parents... I think the sorting hat liked him and would have 
liked to stay - it probably just talked nice until Neville asked it 
to sort him...

-- Finwitch