Slytherin and Sirius Black

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 82046

 "roseswicegood" 
<rose at s...> 

> > I guess I don't get it.  It seems logical that Wormtail and 
Snape were Slytherin, and James, Griffyndor.  What about 
Sirius?  He was  thrown out of his home at sixteen, but why?  
Because he was put in  Griffyndor?  It's a strange combination:  
James, Sirius and Peter.<< 


I subscribe to Four House theory. James was a Gryffindor, Sirius 
the good Slytherin, Lupin a Ravenclaw, and Peter a Hufflepuff.  I 
was converted  by the Sorting Hat's latest song, in 
which it says that it always tries to unite the Houses in the face of 
external foes.

We know that Sirius's ancestor Phineas Nigellus was in 
Slytherin and there are snake themed adornments all over 
Grimmauld Place. Malfoy tells us that all his family have been in 
Slytherin and he is Sirius's first cousin once removed.  Sirius 
was labelled a blood traitor long before he joined the Order. Did 
he get burnt off the tapestry  and have to leave home because 
he'd switched Houses at school?

Pettigrew is the poster child for misplaced loyalty. And Hufflepuff 
affiliation would fit with the way everyone underestimates his 
abilities.

Lupin is the most bookish and learned of the Marauders. He 
also seems a bit guilty about wishing for a Gryffindor victory at 
Quidditch.

I know it seems unlikely that they could have belonged to 
different houses, but they *did* have place to meet  - the 
passage behind the mirror which is now blocked.

 What would they have needed it for if they were all members of 
the same house, and could safely discuss whatever they wanted 
in the privacy of their dormitory?

Pippin