Which House were James, Sirius, and Remus in?

[Christy]

No: HPFGUIDX 88517

Robert Jones wrote:
> Two major incidents from their school days suggest that James and 
> the boys were in Slytherin.  First, the conduct of James and Sirius 
> in the Pensieve scene (OOTP 28) certainly is not the paradigm of 
> Gryffindor behavior, to put it mildly.  Looking for something to do, 
> Sirius points out Snape, and out of boredom James tortures and 
> humiliates Snape in front of other students and Lily.  When Lily 
> asks what Snape had done to him, James says it is more like the mere 
> fact that Snape exists rather than anything he had done (p. 647).  I 
> can't see Harry or Ron doing anything remotely like that.  But it 
> does sound like something a powerful Slytherin would do.  (Malfoy 
> would probably like to do it, but he, unlike James and Sirius, is 
> not the best in his class.)

Christy's thoughts...
You're right that the attitude sounds like Slytherin, BUT I don't
think James was in Slytherin. Key reason: Snape. We've already seen
that James and Snape despise one another and that attitude suggests
that they were in different houses, since we haven't seen this kind of
behavior in any of the current houses or in any previous groups.
Rivals in different houses are one thing, but McGonagall makes it
clear from day one "While you're here your house will be like your
family." That hardly sounds like the relationship between James and
Severus.

Second, I can NOT see Remus Lupin as a member of Slytherin house. He
has none of the qualities for that. Remus is... well... almost
anything but a Slytherin. Therefore if James was in Slytherin there's
no way all four boys were in the same house.

Some thoughts...
Christy