[HPforGrownups] First meetings; Poor poor Slytherin at the House Cup

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On Friday, Jul 18, 2003, at 09:47 America/Indianapolis, darrin_burnett 
wrote:

> And while Hagrid certainly is guilty of exaggeration, it is not 
> logical to assume
> he would lie about the very house V-Mort was in. Such things can be 
> easily
> checked.

ok, let's look in the hogwarts records... hmm, 19th-20th century... 
T... U... V... Ve, Vi, Vo.... no "Voldemort, Lord" listed. How easily 
checked, again?

> As has been pointed out, we aren't entirely sure which house Sirius
> was in. Given the revelations about his family in OoP, it is no longer 
> so
> obvious. It makes me wonder about the Sorting Hat on top of the 
> 11-year-old
> Sirius' head.

If Sirius _was_ in Slytherin, _THERE_ is your no-longer-mythical 
"Post-Riddle Good Slytherin". Kinda knocks out your downward spiral 
theory, doesn't it? and if Sirius was slytherin, so are James and Lupin 
(and Pettigrew, but that's neither here nor there), since why would 
they be such close friends if in different houses, especially if one of 
the houses in question is Slytherin?

> But, for the moment, let's assume  that all were in Gryffindor, 
> notwithstanding
> the questions about Sirius.

Either hagrid is a liar or sirius is a post-riddle good slytherin... 
interesting dilemma you have for your theories, eh?

> So, had Harry been armed with all the information, I submit he still 
> chooses
> Gryffindor 100 times out of 100.

No longer believing a false absolute, he might just let the Hat choose 
for him, which would end up with him in, of course, Slytherin.

> Now, onto the Poor, Poor Slytherin at the House Cup, a few things.

Regardless, what AD did was cruel. He should have awarded the points 
right away and never let the Slytherins think they'd won when they 
hadn't.