Sirius a Slytherin? Convince me!

[malinitosetti]

No: HPFGUIDX 75428

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jwcpgh" <jwcpgh at y...> wrote:
> I've seen a number of posts suggesting that each of the Marauders 
> belonged to a different house.  There seems to be general agreement 
> that James was a Gryffindor (this is canon)and Remus would have 
been 
> a Ravenclaw.  I can see Peter being a Hufflepuff, but Sirius a 
> Slytherin? He never displayed the kind of ruthless ambition that 
> characterizes that house.   If he had been at all ambitious, he 
would 
> not have broken with his family, who were purebloods and seemed to 
> have quite a lot of status in the WW.  In fact, you might argue 
that 
> his unswerving loyalty to his friends would put him in Hufflepuff, 
> leaving Peter in Slytherin, where he belongs.  He just doesn't seem 
> like a Hufflepuff, though-he's too bright, too brash and too 
> reckless.  So what do you all think?  
> 
> A possible problem with the theory overall is that I'm not sure 
that 
> making Remus a prefect in Ravenclaw would have much effect on the 
> behavior of James and Sirius if they were in different houses.  I 
> know prefects can take points from any house, but I can't really 
see 
> Remus doing that to Moony or Padfoot.  Being a Gryffindor prefect 
> would at least let him keep an eye on them a lot of the time.
> 
> Laura


Well, I don't know if this has already been said, but there is a kind 
of parallel with the second generation (that is the group of Harry, 
Ron, hermione and Neville). If you think about it, the Sorting Hat 
considered to put Harry in Slytherin and Hermione in Ravenclaw. We 
don't know about Neville but it is said that the hat took a long time 
to decide where to put him (maybe it was considering putting him in 
Huppelpuff). Ron was clearly a Gryffindor. But in the end, the Hat 
put them all in Gryffindor. Maybe something similar happened with the 
marauders (they could all have been sorted in different houses but 
the hat thought it was better to "unite" them in the same house...)

Mali