Lavender and Parvati

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 82486

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, lauralexis 
<screaming_veela at y...> wrote:
> Hello, all.  I am new to the list, and this is my first post.*  I 
searched the archives, but didn't much of anything that would help me 
answer this: why are Lavender and Parvati in Gryffindor??
>  
> I've been wondering this a lot lately, actually, and haven't really 
come up with anything.  I believe that they're there for a reason, 
and that their personalities ("like, omigod!") may just be a 
smokescreen on JKR's part.
>  
> Is there anything in canon that would confirm that they are 
actually in the right house? I haven't see any myself.
>  

Right now, I can think only of one scene that indicates, why Lavender 
is in Gryffindor. It's when Hagrid taught his class Blast Ended 
Skrewts and they escaped. Most of the class ran away to hide from the 
beasts, but Lavender helped trying to catch them. There is also that 
scene, when Parvati defends Neville after the flying lesson. But I 
don't think, that's really brave. It was nice, but not especially 
brave.

Generally, it is IMO very hard to say, why is this and this character 
in Gryffindor. We haven't see much that indicates why Parvati and 
Lavender are in Gryffindor, but the same goes for Lee Jordan, Dean 
Thomas, Seamus Finnigan, Oliver Wood, Angelina Johnson, Alicia 
Spinnett and Katie Bell, and to a lesser grade also for Dennis and 
Colin Creevey (although both already showed, that they are not easily 
afraid. Dennis, when he fell in the lake, and Colin when he stood up 
to Malfoy and his bodyguards in CoS)

Hickengruendler
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