The Dark Side/Sirius' house

[susanbones2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 58126

--- 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?

>Snip

The canon never mentions which house James, Sirius, Peter or Remus 
belonged to. I may have assumed incorrectly, but it always seemed to 
me that such closes friendships would not be possible among any other 
but your housemates. Where would you find the time? You eat with your 
house, study in your common room mostly, party with your house, sleep 
in the dorm with your housemates. Romantic cross-overs seemed to be 
possible because they involved a certain amount of mystery and 
excitement but didn't involve large amounts of day-to-day time. While 
Harry knows lots of people from other houses and is on good terms 
with many, but I couldn't see him (or his dad either) developing the 
deep friendships they possess with anyone else other than their 
housemates. About Hagrid, he seems to suffer from the lack of logical 
and consistent thinking that impairs much of the wizarding world. He 
probably never thought for a second to reason that previously all 
dark wizards came from Slytherin, therefore, Sirius couldn't have 
been from Slytherin. His knowledge is based on hearsay, reports from 
the Daily Prophet and other limited sources. Wizards are notoriously 
illogical, emotion-based and reactive. That's why Dumbledore is such 
atowering but limited figure. He uses reason but he does not have the 
power to make other men see the truth. That's my story and I am 
sticking with it.
JenD