Mrs. Figg, Petunia, Dumbledore, Houses

[scooting2win]

No: HPFGUIDX 74002

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sephora063" <sephora063 at y...> 
wrote:
> Moony was Gryffindor. Wormtail was Hufflepuff, Padfoot was 
Slytherin, 
> and Prongs was Ravenclaw.
> 
> I believe it's in the 1st book where the kids run up to the Trophy 
> Room and see that James was a Gryffindor quidditch player. 
> Personally, I can't see him being anywhere else...even though 
Lupin 
> states that he and Sirius were the best students in their year or 
> something near there in OotP. I also think that the rest of the 
> Marauders were in Gryffindor also. Lupin prefers Gryffindor when 
> there's a game when he's a professor there. Scary idea: how did 
> Wormtail get sorted into Gryffindor, if in fact he was? Not only 
does 
> he seem to be a coward, he's a traitor. Hmm, I'm not exactly 
> sure 'how' the Sorting Hat decides where to place students. When I 
> read about Harry's experience, I felt that one decides what house 
to 
> go into. For example, the hat considers putting Harry in 
Slytherin, 
> but he asks it not to. I think that Hermione also had a similar 
> experience with the hat and Ravenclaw (OotP). It's interesting 
that 
> though she is the best example of a excellent student, she's in 
> Gryffindor and not Ravenclaw. Even Neville seemed scared of his 
> shadow in the first books, but he's also in Gryffindor (by the 
way, 
> I'm very proud of the way he's grown). Anyway, does the hat sort 
> on 'command'? Like these two seemed to choose Gryffindor and it 
> happens, but what about the other students? And/or does it sort by 
> character? I think you're right about Slytherins not being evil at 
> the age of evil (despite some misgivings)...but Malfoy seems to 
come 
> pretty close to that. 

Me;0
I always felt that Neville belonged in Hufflepuff, but I am as well 
proud of how well he is growing up. But he did show courage his 
first year. He stood up to his friends, and I agree sometimes it 
takes more courage to stand up to your friends then to stand up to 
an enemy. I was reveiwing OoP again, as I usually do, and Sirius 
said that Lupin got the badge. Lupin then he thinks DD would think 
he would have some control over his friends. Now that makes me think 
that all four of them were in Gryffindor. The only one that I don't 
agree with is Wormtail, for some reason, I can't see him doing 
anything brave enough to be in Gryffindor. Sirius' mother was 
probably disappointed that he did not get placed into Slytherin. But 
Sirius' brother sure was put there. Now, don't get me wrong, your 
list makes some sense. But at least the three (real) good friends 
were in Gryffindor, unless they all were in Gryffindor (I think that 
HAT can read minds) and put them were it knew they were suppose to 
be. Or saw their destiny but has no power to change it. They had to 
travel down their paths on their own. So IMO Moony, Padfoot, Prongs 
were all in Gryffindor, Lily as well, and Wormtail only because he 
was destined to do what he did, and the hat could not stop that from 
happening, even if he put them in separete houses. They are like a 
earlier version of Harry, Ron, Hermoine, Neville, and just for fun 
throw in Seamus and Dean. would be like James, Lupin, Sirius, Peter, 
and Lily and throw in Snape for fun. Six and Six. Lori