James/MWPP in Slytherin (was MWPP in all 4 Houses)

[darryl_oneill]

No: HPFGUIDX 83395

Has there been a mistaken assumption that James is in Gryffindor.
Before book 5, I would have agreed that James was in Gryffindor.
Now I think that he is in Slytherin for a number of reasons.
Also by arguments presented on the Lexicon and here, Lupin/Sirius 
would be in Slytherin as well.

Steve Vander Ark says that James is in Gryffindor (says so in OP).
Does someone have a chapter/page in US/UK version for this?  I
have read OP a few times and I did not notice it.  If there is
a quote, then the rest of what I have to say is not valid.

The lexicon lists the source for James in Gryffindor as Sch 2. (see 
the Gryffindor page on the Lexicon)
In the Sch 2 interview there are two questions that are important.
1)
Q.Which house was Lily Potter in, and what is her maiden name? 
A.Her maiden name was Evans, and she was in Gryffindor (naturally). 

2)
Q. What position did James play on the Gryffindor Quidditch team?   
   Was it seeker like Harry, or something different? 
A.) James was Chaser. 

Note that J.K. puts Lily in Gryffindor but she does not confirm nor
deny that James was in Gryffindor.  The person asking the question 
says that James is in Gryffindor.  J.K. only answers that he was a 
Chaser.  If James is in Gryffindor, J.K. would not comment.  But if 
James is not in Gryffindor, J.K. may not comment if this is 
important to a future book.

Before reading book 5, there was a warm comfortable feeling that the 
good guys were all in Gryffindor and the bad guys were in Slytherin.
After reading book 5, am beginning to wonder.  Sirius say in OP Chap 
14 "'Yes, but the world isn't split into good people and Death 
Eaters"

1) It does not make sense that most of the major players all seem to 
come from Gryffindor.

2) The behavior of MWPP especially in book 5 seems much more like 
Draco than anyone in Gryffindor.

3) Hagrid said that every bad wizard was from Slytherin at a time 
when he thought that Sirius was an evil wizard coupled with comments 
in the Lexicon on why James, Sirius, Lupin were in the same house.  
Sirius would be a likely candidate for Slytherin given the existing 
family trends to be in the same house.  Black was willing to send 
Snape to be bitten by Lupin as a teenager.  This does not seem like 
a Gryffindor trait.

4) Harry might have been sorted into Gryffindor or Slytherin.  This 
makes more sense with one parent in each.
5) There have been 5 books and J.K. has been very silent about what 
houses they were in.
6) James seems to be from a rich pureblood family.
7) Lily and James refer to each other by their last names.  If they 
were both in Gryffindor together for 5 years then why so distant.  
Everyone in Gryffindor always call each other by their first names.

Comments
Darryl