Sirius a Slytherin? Convince me!

[jwcpgh]

No: HPFGUIDX 75543

> --- 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.  > <snip> 
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

Laura:

What an elegant theory-I wish I'd thought of it! It makes a great 
deal of sense.  There's only one problem-Peter.  He never shows the 
slightest promise of becoming a true Gryffindor (as Neville does even 
in PS when he stands up to the Trio).  In fact, it looks like he 
jumps to LV at the first hint of pressure.  Maybe his family were 
Gryffindors, so the hat gave him the benefit of the doubt.  But it 
was wrong this time around.  Oh well, once in 1000 years isn't too 
bad.   Except that the results were catastrophic...I still really 
like the theory though.