OOP - Snape, MWPP

[Alon van Dam]

No: HPFGUIDX 62835

Hey ;)), [this is the spoiler-free line]

I'm not sure if it's been mentioned already, but here's another 
analysis of Snape's Worst Memory. I;ve been reading plenty about the 
attributes of Pensieves, on whether or not he would have had to see 
James doodle LE on his page or not, etc. (incidentally, it would be 
quite an awesome item if you could put a memory in the pensieve and 
then proceed to go in it time and again, viewing the situation from 
all different directions, hearing everyone speak their minds, etc. 
Quite the /amazing/ item, actually)

But, though I'd love to talk about all that as well, that's not the 
specific cause for this post here. The reason is, namely, the houses 
of MWPP. Please forgive my inaccuracies, but I don't have the book 
handy and have only read it once (Though I'm starting on the second 
time shortly). If I recall, Snape's memories took place during and 
right after an OWL. I'm not sure if it was mentioned what the subject 
matter was.

Anyway: Snape, James and Sirius are all seen sitting quite close 
together, while Lily is seen nowhere. Put on top of this that during 
Harry&Co's OWLs, none of the other houses are even present, the fact 
that Wormtail is nothing but Slytherin material ("What could be 
gained by opposing him?") and the fact that Lily and James called 
each other "Potter" and "Evans" respectively, instead of James and 
Lily, at least leads us to have reasonable doubt, methinks, as to 
James' house. We know for a fact that Lily was in Gryffindor, but 
James?

By constrast: The movie does have James in Gryffindor (though it has 
him as seeker as well), James /does/ show the qualities for 
Gryffindor, it would be great if Sirius would manage to escape his -
clearly Slytherin- family and become a Gryffindor by his choices and 
as for Wormtail, well, he /did/ take it upon him to become an 
Animagus and spent quite some time in danger to be around Lupin 
during his changes.

All in all, I'd say that it'd be quite a shock if James was in any 
house but Gryffindor, and that he really does fit in the house. But 
that I think there's at least some reason for doubt. I'd love, more 
than most other things, for people to completely overthrow all my 
arguments and prove to me that I"m wrong.

Cheers,
Alon :)