Sirius' House

[A Featheringstonehaugh]

No: HPFGUIDX 73734

Forgive my memory lapses... I think I need to do some re-reading...but do we know that Sirius was a Gryffindor?  I guess I've always assumed that he was. given his friendship with James; but considering his family history/relationships/attitudes, as well as all the serpent 'memorabilia' in his family home, perhaps he was a Slytherin?.?   Consider this: perhaps he hadn't always been on the outs with his family; hadn't had the miserable upbringing many assume, but had been a normal boy living a normal wizarding life. Perhaps at first he had been quite the fair- haired boy when he left for Hogwarts and was chosen for Slytherin. But if he later became disenchanted with Slytherin House, forged strong friendships with Gryffindors and opposed his family's views about Muggles et al, maybe his family turned against him.  His mother's reaction would have had a profound effect upon him - a most fundamental rejection - which I think explains more adequately his almost visceral hatred of the
 Grimmauld Place house. This resulted not from mere differences of opinion but from a betrayal of what should be unconditional love and acceptance and a parent/child bond.  Had he always been the family odd- man -out, he most likely would have reached acceptance of this status quo by adulthood. But to be turned against by the people who should have offered unquestioning support during adolescence would be devastating.
 
Just an idea...forgive my arm-chair psychiatry if it seems far fetched.
AF   


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