Snape's house

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 94608

xVickey wrote: 
snip< I would think that not only would true Slytherin parents not 
want someone that was not a former Slytherin as HoH, but I would 
think that DD has chosen former students from the houses to be the 
HOH's...look at the others, McGonagall is prime example of 
Gryffindor, Flitwick is perfect for Ravenclaw, and with what little 
is shown for Hufflepuffs and Professor Sprout, how could you doubt 
that she was a Hufflepuff at school?  So that said, Severus is also a 
perfect example for Slytherin...he has the thirst to prove himself, 
snip< 
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Potioncat:
I think the idea of HoH backgrouds is one of the areas that lots of 
us disagree on. Canon is lacking and we can each draw our own 
conclusions.  I think McGonagall could easily be a Ravenclaw.  
Flitwick could be a Hufflepuff or Gryffindor. 

For that matter, look at the ones we do know, could we put them in 
other houses as well?  Percy could be a Slytherin (a good one, of 
course) Ron could be a Hufflepuff (he's loyal)  We just don't know 
about the adults.  Either adults' houses weren't important for us to 
know, it was no longer important to the adults themselves, or it will 
be important later that it was unknown in the beginning.

I cannot imagine that in the WW, any adult is concerned about which 
house the other adults were in.  Take the Healers.  You could have 4 
healers, each from different houses of Hogwarts.  The Slytherin would 
work to become head of the department, the Gryffindor would attempt 
the dangerous  unproven procedure, the Hufflepuff would take time to 
comfort the parents of a sick child and the Ravenclaw would be the 
one who would find the answers to the hard to diagnose cases.

Back to thread, I think dyed in the wool Slytherin families would 
prefer a pureblood HoH.  I don't think they would object to someone 
from a different house unless that person held anti-Slytherin views. 
And I bet you could find a biased pureblood in any of the houses.

Potioncat (who also believes Snape was and is a Slytherin and that 
being a Slytherin is not bad)


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