Sirius a Slytherin? Convince me!

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No: HPFGUIDX 75432

--- 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?  
> 
> Laura

I get the impression that the Sorting Hat looks at the *potential* of a student based 
on their current mind set rather than being able to see into the future with certainty. 
At the time of Sirius' sorting he would not yet have made any friends at Hogwarts, so 
their  influence (if any) would be unknown. Sirius' upbringing would already have 
helped to form his attitudes and behaviour and this may have had an effect on the 
choice of the Sorting Hat.

Kneasy