Sirius Black and Lexicon Contmaination

[yolandacarroll]

No: HPFGUIDX 84509

> Tonya wrote:
> > > Are we in agreement that Sirius Black was in Slytherin house??
> 
>  :: Entropy :: wrote:
> > The Lexicon has Sirius listed as a Gryffindor: <snip> 
> 
> Now me (Mandy):
> The Lexicon is a very good reference however lately they have been 
> taking liberties with the 'canon'. 
> 
> The comment quoted above about Sirius' house is not canon as far as 
I 
> can tell.  I have searched the books and if anyone has a page 
> reference please let me know.  Usually the Lexicon will quote page 
> references, which is why I'm inclined to believe contamination. 
<snip>
> 
> Personally I place Sirius in Slytherin because it is more 
interesting 
> to me to imagine his character having to struggle against the 
> influence of the rest of the Slytherin members as well as against 
his 
> family.

The Lexicon also takes information from JKR's
interviews.  However, they usually specify when 
they do so.
 
I always pictured all four Marauders as being in 
the same house.  They were close friends who hung 
out together and caused trouble by playing pranks.  
They also did things like create the "Marauder's Map" 
and studied to become animagus.  Although it's not 
impossible that they were in different houses, I 
would think they would need to spend a lot of time 
together to accomplish all of that.  
 
We are limited by Harry's POV, but in current day 
Hogwarts, we have not really seen students from 
other houses mingling and hanging out together?
 
Remember when all the clubs, including the DA, were 
disbanded that Ginny had to go stop Michael, a 
Ravenclaw, from coming over to the Gryffindor table.  
A remark was made to the effect that people going 
over to another house's table would be very obvious.  
Ginny could stop Michael without attracting too much 
attention of course, because they were dating.
 
People do date students in other houses (Ginny/Michael, 
Percy/Penelope), but that's dating so the rules for 
that may be a bit different.
 
The DA also may have been an exception.  I believe 
a comment was made about that as well, but I can't 
remember and I don't have my books with me.  The 
comment may have been Harry's surprise at how many 
people showed up, not necessarily how many houses 
were represented. My apologies if I'm mistaken.
 
Anyway, the students live with, eat, and take most 
of their classes with their housemates.  Your closest 
friends will almost by default be your housemates 
do simply to the amount of time you spend together.
 
Yolanda