House Choice doesn't Equal Personality for Life

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 85289

Joj said:
I commented this morning about Percy being in Gryffindor and not
Slytherin.  What I was saying was that so far, all we have seen is
Percy's Slytherin quality (ambition), but we haven't seen his
Gryffindor bravery yet.  He is in Gryffindor, so it should follow that
he's at least somewhat brave.  Even Neville has shown more bravery.  
I think Percy is undercover myself.  
> 
Jen said:
>    Personally, I'd like to find out 
>   MWPP were in Slytherin or someone from Gryffindor is a betrayer.
> 
Joj said:
I personally think MWPP were all in Slytherin.  I like to imagine us
finding this out when Harry asks Lupin point blank if they were.  JKR
wouldn't have been so careful to not say they were in Gryffindor, if
she was going to make it that way.  Why be so careful in all 5 books
and all interviews, to never say what houses they were in, to do the
obvious?  It's not her style.

Carol responds to both:
Regarding Percy, I think he'll show true courage in the end (in fact,
I think he has the makings of a tragic character, fatal flaw and all),
but at the moment (unless he's under an Imperius curse, which I don't
quite buy), all he's shown is obstinacy and pride. He's done what he
believed in, following the rules and respecting (if not worshipping)
authority, and can't bring himself to admit that he's completely wrong
or think about the grief he's bringing to his mother by returning that
sweater. Alas, poor Weatherby! If only he could have seen himself as
the twins saw him and accepted their ridicule with good grace.

As for a Gryffindor betrayer, I don't think it's Percy, really, though
he certainly shows that Gryffindors arent't perfect. So, in my view,
do the Marauders. For those of us who place them in Gryffindor based
on courage (reckless or otherwise) as their predominant trait, we
already have a betraying Death Eater Gryffindor, Peter Pettigrew.

Carol