Is Snape a pureblood?, was: Of course Snape is a Slytherin, was: Re: Snape

[eloiseherisson at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 85689

Snapesmate:

>Tom Riddle was also a decendant of Salazar Slytherin. I suspect that
>alone would have got him landed in Slytherin, unless he pulled an HP
>and asked to be placed in another house. All I remember of canon,
>none of the books said all Slytherins were evil. Ron said there
>wasn't a witch or wizard who went bad that wasn't in Slytherin.

Eloise:
Actually, this was Hagrid in Diagon Alley answering Harry's questions, just 
after his first encounter with Draco.

This being the case, it has been used as evidence that *Sirius* was a 
Slytherin as at that point, Hagrid believes that it was Sirius who betrayed the 
Potters and murdered Peter and the Muggles. Some would argue that this is just 
Hagrid speaking very loosely. OTOH, given what we now know of Sirius' family, then 
his being sorted into Slytherin isn't ludicrous.

Of course there are counter arguments. Sirius hated his family and their 
values, so he may well have been sorted into another house and as you say below, 
the idea that Lupin was made a prefect to help rein in his friends might also 
imply that they were all in the same house. It's not conclusive, though.

Snapesmate:
>So, does that mean Peter Pettigrew was a Slytherin? 

Eloise:
Well, no, since at that stage Hagrid thought that Peter was the innocent 
victim and did not know he had been the Potter's secret keeper.

Snapesmate:
Since DD said he
>made Remus prefect to help reign in Black and Potter, I assumed all 4
>were Gryffindors. Peter the rat too, since I also assumed if he had
>been a Slytherin, he would have sucked up to a Slytherin, not a
>Gryffindor...

Eloise:
In the Shrieking Shack, the point is made that Peter would suck up to whoever 
had power. I tend to think the four friends *were* all in Gryffindor, but the 
arguments for their being in the four different houses are also strong.

~Eloise
    
    



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