The Dark Side/Sirius' house

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 58125

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "addictedtobass2003" 
<katie.jarvis1 at n...> wrote:
> This has probably been brought up before, so sorry, but it has been 
> playing on my mind for ages now.
> 
> In PS/SS whilst in Diagon Alley, Hagrid says:
> 
> "There's not a single witch or wizard who went bad who wasn't in 
> Slytherin."
> 
> (PS UK paperback p62)
> 
> What about Sirius?  He was believed to be a supporter of Voldemort 
> for over a decade, the one who betrayed the Potters infact.  Surely 
> Hagrid couldn't have forgot him?  After all, he was so upset at the 
> fact that he comforted Sirius the night he "murdered" the Potters.  
> Hagrid didn't believe Sirius was innocent, no one did, so that 
isn't 
> a possibilty.  Was Sirius in Slytherin? I always imagined him to be 
> a Gryffindor. as he was so close with James, and we have not 
> encountered any strong inter-house friendships.  Very misleading.


Now me: 

I always figured Hagrid was exaggerating a touch, as he is wont to 
do. You could make a case that Hagrid was deliberately not mentioning 
Sirius because that would have been too painful for Harry right off 
the bat, but I'm not sure.

I do not believe Sirius was in Slytherin, because I just do not 
believe two students could spend enough time together to learn 
Animagic, learn the grounds so well you can write a map, etc..., if 
they weren't in the same house. Add in that this was at a time when 
the Slytherin House was a DE recruiting ground, and I don't see it as 
being possible.

Chalk it up to exaggeration.

Darrin