[HPforGrownups]Evans/Gryffindor heritage/Slytherin MWPP

[Kathryn Cawte]

No: HPFGUIDX 84972


> bboy_mn:
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> We are completely wrong and off base to think that Mark Evans is any
> kind of close relative. One thing we must keep in mind is that Evans
> is an extremely common name in Wales and Western Britain. So there
> could be no relationship.
>

K

So I was about to post and point out that while it is very common in Wales
and the West of Britain the Dursleys come from Surrey which is in the East,
then something else occurred to me and I don't really have a theory but it
struck me as interesting and maybe something that could be important or, you
know, total gibberish... People have theorised that since Hagrid flew over
Bristol with baby Harry after the death of his parents that Godric's Hollow
is in Wales or the West Country. People have also suggested that this is
where James cam from originally (after all when you can floo or apparate to
work why bother moving somewhere you've never been to before?). Well since
Evans is a Welsh name maybe Lily's parents came from that area too (since we
know Hogsmeade is the only wizard only community in the UK Godric's Hollow
must be muggles and magic folk). JKR has, I believe, hinted that Godric's
Hollow has something to do with Godric Gryffindor (and since it's not a
common name I can't see why she would use it twice unless they were
connected, or she was trying to throw us off something, but I can't really
see the point of it as a red herring). So maybe the fact that Harry is a
'true Gryffindor' (and possibly the Heir as some have theorised) is because
the Evans' family is somehow related to Gryffindor himself. I must admit my
Slytherin stereotype hating self would love that if this were true it also
turned out James was a Slytherin.

You know one of the arguments for James and/or Sirius not being Slytherins
is that they were probably all the same house, but what if they were *all*
Slytherins? Peter, certainly, comes across as being cunning (and possibly
ambitious, hanging with the big shots all the time) rather than brave, Remus
has a deep dark secret and certainly seems a little cunning to be able to
protect it so well, Sirius is a pureblood of the type that Slytherin seemed
to love, certainly cast in the same mould as the Malfoys and we assume James
to be a pureblood - he's certainly ambitious enough, being an arrogant show
off, big shot quidditch player and no slouch academically either for that
matter. The 'not a witch or wizard that went bad that wasn't in a Slytherin'
comment could be a form of double bluff, we're supposed to find out about
Peter and thing, ah, that's all exaggeration, that stuff about Slytherins
because we assume Peter is a gryffindor but he actually turns out to be a
Slytherin all along ....


I'm rambling now I know, sorry.

K