OOP: MWPP and their houses/Tonks' purpose

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No: HPFGUIDX 64866

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, michelle.pagan at c... wrote:
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> Though the possibility that the Marauders were in different houses 
have come 
> up many many times, I wonder if OoP gives us some evidence that 
this is 
> perhaps true, at least in regards to Sirius.  I base this on the 
fact (OoP, US 
> Ed. p. 67) of all the snakes in various household items in the 
Black house. 
> Could this be a clue that the Blacks in general, much like the 
Weasleys, and 
> Creeveys, etc. belonging to one house, all belonged to Slytherin? I 
know we 
> can't definitely tell this, since in GoF I believe Hermione tells 
us that the 
> Patil sisters are in different houses.  
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> -Polaris

The thought of Sirius being in Slytherin struck me, too. On the other 
hand there are several reasons that go against this. 1) Sirius hates 
his family, his house and all that goes with it. So at the sorting he 
may have asked (like Harry) not to be sorted into Slytherin, or was 
sorted into Gryffindor straight away. 2)Imagine Sirius being a 
Slytherin and him and James being horrible to Snape. I bet Sirius 
wouldn't survive one hur in the Slytherin common room or the 
dormitory. There would have been constant fights. 3)IMHO opinion the 
Marauders were all in the same house, just due to the fact, that they 
noticed Lupin missing once a month - hence he wasn't in the dormitory 
and second and more important reason: they fugured out how to be 
animagi. Surely they didn't work on that in broad daylight in the 
library, but rather secretly at night, probably sneaking books from 
the restricted section. How easy it would be if they all were in one 
dormitory...
magicalme