Mrs. Figg, Petunia, Dumbledore, Houses

[Doriane]

No: HPFGUIDX 73876

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> Houses
> 
> Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs were all from different 
> houses. Moony was Gryffindor. Wormtail was Hufflepuff, Padfoot was 
> Slytherin, and Prongs was Ravenclaw.

I always liked the idea that the Marauders were in 4 different 
Houses, but I sort them differently :
- Prongs in Gryffindor (doesn't it say somewhere in the first books 
that James was in the Gryffindor Quidditch team ?)
- Padfoot in Ravenclaw : James and Sirius have always been described 
as very intelligent.
- Moony in Hufflepuff : quiet, hard-working, not really mischievous, 
Lupin would definitely fit into Hufflepuff
- Wormtail in Slytherin : ambitious, power-hungry, and a coward. Not 
that Slytherins are supposed to be cowards, though :-)

> This was a beginning. Harry is the synthesis of all the houses. He 
> is Slytherin, Ron is Ravenclaw, Hermione is Hufflepuff, and Neville 
> is-SURPRISE!-Gryffindor.

Ow, come on :-) Harry and Neville, all right, but I don't think 
there's any doubt as to who is the most intelligent in the trio ? 
Hermione is a perfect Ravenclaw, and Ron is a good Hufflepuff.

> The whole point of the series is the coming together of the 
> characteristics of the houses in the person of Harry Potter (with a 
> little help from his friends).

I'm not so sure. Harry might be the center of the group, but I think 
it is the group that matters. Right from the first book, JKR made it 
clear that Harry is not much without his friends. He always needed 
Ron and Hermione to help him out, even if in the end, he fought LV 
alone. So I don't think we're headed towards a "lonely hero" ending, 
but more towards a "unity is strength" morale. Harry will still be 
special, because he is the only one who can defeat LV, but he won't 
be able to make it without the others. In fact, I think it's one of 
the lessons in OoP : Harry needs the others, he can't make it alone. 
When he keeps things to himself, he makes mistakes (keeping secret 
the true reason he stopped taking Occlumency lessons led him to being 
overcome by LV's power). When he refuses to listen to others' advice, 
he makes mistakes (Hermione was right about his vision of Sirius at 
the MoM). When he refuses to talk to others, he makes mistakes (He 
almost drops the Magical World because he won't talk to his friends 
about his supposedly being possessed by LV). And what about DD trying 
to control everything on his own, and thus putting Harry and Sirius 
in mortal danger ? The lesson of that one is quite obvious : don't 
try to do it all yourself, get others involved ! Isn't it what the 
Sorting Hat urges them to do : let all the Houses unite !!

Del