MWPP in all 4 Houses (was: Slytherin and Sirius Black)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 82677

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "hp_lexicon" 
<steve at h...> wrote:
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> 
> Basically, here's what I'm saying:
> 
> 1 - James is in Gryffindor (says so in OP)
> 2 - Lupin, James, and Sirius were almost certainly (99.99% 
sure) in 
> the same house, judging by the "which of us was made 
prefect" 
> conversation in "The Woes of Mrs. Weasley"
> 
> Therefore, Lupin and Sirius were in Gryffindor. 
> 
> Peter is the one we don't know about, but I would say it's very 
> likely that he was Gryffindor as well, given that the rest of them 
> were.

Sirius: "No one would have made me a prefect, I spent too much 
time in detention with James. Lupin was the good boy, he got the 
badge"

Lupin:"I think Dumbledore might have hoped that I would 
exercise some control over my two best friends..."

I see. Steve reads it as: Lupin  was the good boy [in our house 
that year]   whom Dumbledore might have hoped would exercise 
some control over his two best friends.

I think Sirius meant Lupin was the  good boy [in our little group] 
whom Dumbledore might have hoped would exercise some 
control over his two best friends. 

None of the prefects, in any house, Gryffindor included,  were 
able to put a stop to the mischief making in the first four years.   
Wouldn't Dumbledore decide that what he needs in a fifth year 
prefect is somebody who's actually in the group? 

As for the werewolf outings, which began *after* Lupin was 
made prefect, I think it would have been easier to cover for their 
absences if they were coming from different Houses. After all, an  
entirely empty dormitory is bound to attract attention from 
somebody, whereas one empty curtained bed in each of three 
rooms in different Houses (Lupin's absence is authorized) 
wouldn't be so easily remarked. The other students would know, 
in fact Snape spies on them a lot. But none of them want their 
House to lose points, so they keep quiet.

It's *easier* for them to get out if they're not all coming from 
Gryffindor Tower.  James lends Sirius  the cloak.  Sirius waits 
invisibly outside Gryffindor Tower till the Fat Lady leaves on one 
of her night time visits.  He gives James the signal with the 
mirror, and James goes through the portrait hole with the Fat 
Lady none the wiser. Peter, as a rat, has the run of the castle. 
Mischief managed.

Pippin