Lavender and Parvati

[scoutmom21113]

No: HPFGUIDX 82562

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "kneazle255" <kneazle255 at y...> 
wrote:
> 
> Scoutmom writes:
> 
> 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.
> 
> Kneazle now:
> 
> Parvati and Lavender both joined the DA when it started. Seamus 
> didn't. I think that's pretty courageous for a pair of airheads.
> 
> Kneazle

To give credit where due, "the screaming veela, aka lauralexis" 
posted the original question, and Hickengruendler wrote the part 
starting "Right now..."  My contribution isn't in this post.

Ravenclaw Bookworm (aka scoutmom)