James Potter Bio Facts

[Hitomi]

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Carol wrote:
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If it had been McGonagall or Dumbledore who made that initial remark,
I would trust it, but Hagrid is not given to precision. There's also 
the apparent fact that both James and Sirius hate the Dark Arts
(associated with Slytherin) and are chiefly characterized by a kind 
ofreckless courage, a Gryffindor rather than a Slytherin trait. So 
in the absence of other evidence, I'm inclined to trust that image of
James as a Gryffindor quidditch player. It's the closest thing we 
have to solid evidence at the moment. (There's also Lupin's support 
of Gryffindor in quidditch, somewhere in PoA.)
 
Hitomi:
I'm with Carol.  And we know from interviews that Lily was a 
Gryffindor, and Slytherins don't seem inclined to be attracted by 
anything in that house.  Gryffindor just makes the most sense 
("Godric's Hollow").  And also, JKR does go over the movie scripts, 
and the first film put James in Gryffindor, though they also made 
him a seeker...  stupid movie.  Oh well, it's worth thinking about.  
But until we have conclusive evidence, we're safer assuming the 
Marauders wore the colors of red and gold.  The rest is just theory, 
at the moment.
 
Besides, Peter seems to be the exception to the rule in most 
aspects.  Weak DE, but the one who brought LV back to power; 
probably a Gryffindor, but one who turned, etc.  And I always viewed 
Hagrid's comment as stating that Slytherins usually always go bad, 
not ONLY Slytherins go bad.  That's my opinion, anyway.  I'm sure 
there have been bad eggs in Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff, too.
 
~ Hitomi, who prefers to believe the Marauders were in Gryffindor, 
but who is open to the idea that they were not