Sirius a Slytherin? Convince me!

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No: HPFGUIDX 75503

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Pruneau" <pruneau934 at w...> 
wrote:
> Laura wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> Maybe this was discussed before, sorry if it was, but are you sure 
> prefects can take points from any house? I thought a prefect could 
> only take points from his own house. Here's the canon:
> 'I know /prefects/ can't dock points, Weasel King', sneered 
> Malfoy. 'But members of the Inquisitorial Squad -' (OotP, chapter 
> 28, page 551 Bloomsbury hardback)
> 
> '/You/ don't care about Ginny,' said Ron, whose ears were reddening 
> now. '/You're/ just worried I'm going to mess up your chances of 
> being Head Boy.'
> 'Five ponts from Gryffindor!' Percy said tersely, fingering his 
> prefect badge. (CoS, chapter 9, page 119 Bloomsbury paperback) 
> (emphasis JKR)
> 
> In CoS, Percy is only a prefect, not Head Boy yet, so a prefect 
> definitely can take points from his own house, but that seems to be 
> it.
> 
> Pruneau

Laura:

You're quite right, in which case Remus being a Ravenclaw prefect 
would have no effect whatever on James or Sirius.  

Btw, it appears that this topic has been discussed before, a couple 
of years ago.  I'm pretty new to this list (and posting to groups in 
general), so forgive me for not doing the research before posting.  I 
read the archives on this after I sent my post.  I'll try to do 
better...