Lexicon Contmaination-James was in Gryffindor

[hermowninny719]

No: HPFGUIDX 84680

> Joe: I seem to remember that in OOP Harry was thinking about Ron 
and 
> it said that "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". 
> 
> Of course, the other Gryffindor Quidditch player that Ron is 
> reminding harry of was James.  Harry saw James rumpling his hair 
> under the tree in Snape's pensive.  I think that this is pretty 
solid 
> evidence that James was in Gryffindor or else JKR would have just 
> wrote that Ron reminded Harry of another Quidditch player, not 
> necessarily another Gryffindor Quidditch player.
> 
> Thanks-Joe

Now me:
The quote above illustrates that Harry *thought* James was in 
Gryffindor.  It doesn't necessarily make it true.

How many hundreds of witches and wizards thought Sirius murdered 13 
people with one curse?  Just because they believed it didn't make 
that true.

Now I must quote an earlier post by me:
"I don't necessarily think Harry would know. He may have assumed, but
there is no canon to say he knows for sure. In COS (sorry, don't
have my book) he thinks he could perhaps be the heir of Slytherin, he
admits not know anything about his father or his family. But then,
he doesn't do anything to find out--doesn't ask questions, doesn't
surf the internet for his family tree:) *Why* won't Harry ask these
questions?! I for one would really like the answers.

I believe it's *possible* JKR is leading us to believe James was in
Gryffindor, when he may not have been. If he was in fact in
Gryffindor, wouldn't she just come out and say it? Why does all the
evidence skirt around the subject?"

I hate to argue (well, that's not true, I love it), but I am firmly 
in the camp that JKR is purposly misleading us into believing James 
was in Gryffindor only to reveal in book 6 or 7 that he was not.  The 
only person who will be able to change my mind on this is JKR herself.

-Hermowninny