[HPforGrownups] James' house (was Re: The Dark Side/Sirius' house(correction))

[Richelle Votaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 58131

Grey Wolf wrote:

> Here, have a nice turquoise flag of movie contamination, Becky. I'm 
> afraid that canon doesn't state that. *From the books* we  don't know 
> what position James played at. From the second Scholastic interview we 
> are told he was a chaser (not a seeker). His house its not mentioned 
> either, although JKR stated in the same interview that he was a 
> Gryffindor, IIRC. I personally trust more the interviews than the 
> movie.

What interview did JKR say James was in Gryffindor?  The closest I've been able to find is in the Scholastic interview, probably the same one you mentioned, where the question was asked:

"What position did James play on the Gryffindor Quidditch team? Was it seeker like Harry, or something different?"

To which JKR's response was "James was chaser."

Technically she neither confirms nor denies that he was in Gryffindor in that particular statement.  *If* she had said "James was the Gryffindor chaser" that would have settled it completely.  Obviously if he wasn't in Gryffindor, she's not going to give that away in a Scholastic interview, since it would be quite a revelation.

Richelle


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