Jo has never directly *said* that James *was infact* in Gryffindor (and on the subject, minor spoiler, um, James a Seeker anyone?)

[bowlwoman]

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kirstini" <kirst_inn at y...> 
wrote:
>  - Yeah, but we got canonical confirmation in OoP:
> (Can't find the page at the moment cos the book's too big - someone 
> can back me up, please?) "Harry was forcibly reminded of another 
> Grffindor Quidditch player who had sat under that very tree, 
> ruffling his hair" - the first GQ player being Ron, the "other" 
> James.
> Kirstini

Ok.  I've posted this twice, but with the number of posts that have 
been going on, I can see how it would get lost. 

Here's the text along with a link to the original post from last 
Tuesday.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/63057

(US Hardback, Chapter 31 "O.W.L.S", page 704):

[Ron is discussing his saves during the last Quidditch match which 
won Gryffindor the cup.]

>>> "And then, when Chambers came at me about five minutes later -- 
what?" Ron said, stopping in mid-sentence at the look on Harry's 
face. "Why are you grinning?"

"I'm not," said Harry quickly, looking down at his Transfiguration 
notes and attempting to straighten his face. The truth was that Ron 
had just reminded Harry forcibly of another Gryffindor Quidditch 
player who had once sat rumpling his hair under this very tree. <<<


They are sitting under the very same beech tree that MWPP were 
sitting under during Snape's Pensieve memory. 

The clencher to me is the use of the word "forcibly". Harry has 
already admitted that Snape's memory not a happy memory and that it 
causes Harry anguish to view his father that way, but this shows that 
Harry is also seeing beyond his own personal issues with it and can 
appreciate the similarities of the situations.


bowlwoman