houses/ snape's worst memory

[HunterGreen]

No: HPFGUIDX 76648

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "abhamghp" <galadriel1 at m...> 
wrote:

> 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?

Personally I very much doubt that James could have been in Slytherin. 
There's a statement in OoP (made by Sirius toward the end of chapter 
29) that James 'always hated the dark arts', which would make it 
doubtful that he would be put in Slytherin. He could be in any house 
(except maybe hufflepuff) and still be a jerk. Harry was most likely 
nearly put into Slytherin because of having Voldemort's 
characteristics, not his father's (I'm referring to the parseltongue 
and the other 'powers' passed unintentially to Harry that DD hinted 
at in CoS). James was also *very* offended by the mudblood comment in 
the pensieve scene, which he'd be more used to hearing if he was in 
Slytherin (and would a Slytherin marry a muggle-born?). 


-HG