Sirius a Slytherin? Convince me!

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 75516

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jwcpgh" 
<jwcpgh at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Pruneau" 
<pruneau934 at w...> 

> > 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.

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


But it seems that prefects can assign detentions. Percy issues a 
warning in CoS to Draco and his supposed pals Crabbe and 
Goyle (really Harry and Ron) about the respect due to prefects. If 
there was nothing  Percy could do to them personally, he'd have 
had to threaten to report them, but he doesn't.

As for the communication difficulties also mentioned in this 
thread, now that we know about the magic mirrors that seems 
less of an obstacle. We also know that the Sorting Hat begs the 
Houses to unite in times of trouble. 

Lupin rooting for Gryffindor against Ravenclaw? Why not? It's my 
theory that MWPP formed a gang of their own and became 
alienated from their Houses. Their loyalties were to each other. If 
James was the only Quidditch player in the group, then they 
would have all rooted for him. 

As for Sirius, if he was a Slytherin then he is the good Slytherin 
whose appearance we have  been awaiting. This is very 
convenient; his death in Harry's defense puts his heroic 
good-guy credentials beyond question. 

Pippin