houses/ snape's worst memory

[abhamghp]

No: HPFGUIDX 76591

Forgive me if this has already been discussed; I try to stay up with 
postings, but sometimes it's hard.  Anyway,the further I get into 
the series, I become more and more intrigued about Lily and James 
and occurrences before Harry was even around.  I'm listening to the 
cassette version of OotP, (the first time around, I read the book) 
and am noticing some subtleties and some items to think about.  One 
of those continues to be what houses MMWP and Lily were in when they 
were in school.  I'm almost convinced that the foursome were all in 
Slytherin, with Snape, and were all five in the same year.  My 
reasons are:  there seems to be a parallel drawn with MMWP and Snape 
and the five boys in Harry's dorm.  Dean and SEamus are quite 
chummy, and obviously, Harry and Ron are.  This leaves Neville the 
odd man out, at least in the first four books.  MMWP were all 
friends, Snape being the odd one out.  Also, Sirius' lineage lends 
to him being in Slytherin.  Wormtail, while maybe not incredibly 
cunning, has the tendency to save his own hide, a Slytherin 
attribute mentioned by Phineus Nigellus to Harry.  James, although 
he probably matured past his wretched behavior in his fifth year, is 
an arrogant somebody (almost reminds me of Draco).  The only one I 
can't really place in Slytherin definitely is Lupin.

Anyway, that's my theory and my reasons behind it.  I know that 
Harry says Ron reminds him of another Gryffindor Quidditch Player, 
but could Harry just be assuming that James was in Gryffindor?  THe 
sorting hat considered putting Harry in Slytherin.  Could that be 
because he possesses many of his father's characteristics?

What do you think?

Thanks,
abhamghp