OOP: James' House - DEFINITIVE!

[Tamara]

No: HPFGUIDX 67327

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Alon van Dam" 
<alanphoenix1 at h...> wrote:
> [The best spoiler-free line IN THE WORLD!]
> Dear all,
> 
> I'm not sure if anyone's already mentioned this in my absence 
> (they're bound to have) but when I was last actually reading posts 
> every free minute, there was still an active debate about the 
houses 
> of MWPP and whether or not Snape's worst memory proved that James 
> couldn't be a Gryffindor. 
> 
> When rereading a few days back, I came to a definite answer to the 
> housing-question: James was in Gryffindor. Positive. Sure. My proof 
> is very simple, yet I managed to completely read over it the first 
> time round:
> 
> It appears in the beginning of the chapter following Grawp (I 
forget 
> the name), HRH are sitting outside on the grounds, and Ron is 
telling 
> them about the match they missed the previous day. Ron ruffles up 
his 
> hair to make the match seem more 'exciting' and Harry grins because 
> Ron "reminded him of another Gryffindor Quidditch player who 
ruffled 
> up his hair under that very tree". If that's not proof, I don't 
know 
> what is.
> 
> *wonders if anyone's going to refute this?*
> 
> My two knuts worth,
> Alon

A contrare monfraire (spelled badly I know).  This isn't proof.  You 
have to remember this is coming from Harry's mind.  It is what he 
thinks, not a fact, but his own personal opinion.

Tamara