James' "House", Quidditch player (Was "First meetings HP/DM, JP/SS")

[Susan Smith]

No: HPFGUIDX 71571

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "kuligkutig" <vam0609 at a...> 
wrote:
(> Kathryn -
> > No we haven't she was asked what position James played on the 
> Gryffindor team and she said Chaser. She neither confirmed nor 
denied that he was in Gryffindor and has *never* given the house of 
any of the Marauders.
>  
> <from Atropos G.> 

My apologies-you are right, I was wrong in thinking the reply said 
more.  However, I stand by James being a Gryffindor.  JKR has a very 
strong history of rebuttal, correcting misconceptions, teasing people 
with other possibilities when they might be wrong.  In the past she 
has said things like: "good catch-I really cannot say without giving 
too much away", or "you are pretty sure Harry lives, then"(I have 
paraphrased these replies).

We also know from past experience that she answers direct questions 
with direct concise answers whenever possible and these are true 
statements.  For example: "What is Lily's maiden name and what house 
was she in?"  "Her maiden name is Evans and Gryffindor, naturally" 
(paraphrased); a few minutes later, same interview, she was 
asked "What position did James play on the Gryffindor team?" and she 
said "Chaser".  No correction, no clarification, just a positive 
reply.  From past experience, if Gryffindor was wrong, she probably 
would have said, "What makes you think he is in Gryffindor?", 
or "That assumes he was in Gryffindor", or "I cannot confirm James 
was in Gryffindor or not without giving away a story element."

No, this coupled with several of the hints in the various stories has 
me confident he was in Gryffindor.

Also (and I know this is movie contamination) in SS when Harry is 
worried about making a fool out of himself, Hermione shows him the 
Gryffindor plaque showing that his Dad played and Quidditch is in his 
blood.  True, not in the book, but JKR works closely with the 
screenwriters during production and she NEVER would allow the movie 
to misled us on the house of a key character involved in so many 
critical elements.