OOP: James' House - DEFINITIVE!

[Meg]

No: HPFGUIDX 67444

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "andromeda7_4" <75211.522 at c...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, lima <alima at t...> wrote:
> > on 7/4/03 3:43 AM, Alon van Dam at 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
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> That passage only indicates that Harry BELIEVED that James was a 
> Gryffindor, not that he actually was.
> 
> Harry also believed James was a very good, heroic man-  then 
learned 
> that he was really (at least at one point in his life) an arrogant 
> school bully.
> 
> 
> Andromeda

I think we need to remember that to be in Gryffindor, you need to be 
brave, not necessarily kind and benevolent, no?  Just as not every 
Slytherin is bad, not every Gryffindor is good.  In this way, I too 
believe that James was in Gryffindor.