Lexicon Contmaination-James was in Gryffindor

[hermowninny719]

No: HPFGUIDX 84754

Hermowninny wrote:
> > 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.  
> 
> 
Marina wrote:
I suppose it's theoretically possible, but what would be the point?  
> JKR's surprises are never gratuitous -- they always serve an 
> important function in the story, either by furthering the plot or 
by 
> affecting characterization.  What, exactly, do you think JKR would 
> achieve by suddenly going, "Hah! Fooled you!" at the tail end of 
the 
> series?  Whatever it is, it would have to be something incredibly 
> bangy and important in order to justify 5-odd books' worth of 
> carefully planted misdirection, but what the heck could it be?  
> Making Harry reevaluate his image of his father?  We just had that 
> with the Pensieve scene in OOP.  In fact, that scene would've been 
> the perfect opportunity to spring the surprise on us, and the fact 
> that JRK didn't indicates to me that she's never going to.  Having 
> shown us James as an arrogant, bullying jerk, throwing in "Oh, and 
> he wasn't a Gryffindor, either" two books later would be repetetive 
> and anticlimactic, IMO.
> 

Hermowninny wrote:
You make a good point about it being somewhat anticlimactic.  And I 
can't think of how that could be revealed to further the plot.  But 
I'm sure if JKR wanted to, she could.  I have read MANY theories as 
to how the story will develop from here, and I think all (well, most) 
are possible.  I also think it's possible that JKR is planning 
something that none of us has thought of.

I still think she's being secretive about this for a reason: either 
to reveal his house as something other than Gryffindor or as a red 
herring so that those of us with too much time on our hands can 
debate these oh-so-important issues.

All I can really say at this point is "We'll see."
-Hermowninny