[HPforGrownups] No canon!! Re: Dumbledore in Gryffindor? WAS Scapegoating Slytherin

[Miles]

No: HPFGUIDX 144538

lolita_ns wrote:
> 'Do either of you know what house you'll be in? I've been asking
> around and I hope I'm in Gryffindor, it sounds by far the best, I hear
> Dumbledore himself was one..' (PS, UK children's paperback, p. 117)
>
> I think we can safely say that DD indeed was in Gryffindor. Apart from
> it never having been brought up again in the books - as far as I know
>  - I can't see any reason why Rowling would unnecessarily complicate
> the
> story with him being a member of another house.

Miles:
If this would be the only evidence, there is no reason to safely say this.

> Jen:
> We do have symbolism around Dumbledore, speculative I'll admit
> and possibly wiped away in Book 7. But there's the griffin on the
> headmaster's door in PS. The fact that Dumbledore retained Godric's
> sword and didn't return it to the rightful owner, i.e. Gryffindor's
> heirs (because he and Aberforth are it <g>). We also learned Godric's
> Hollow did not belong to the Potters so it seems likely Dumbledore
> arranged the setting for them since he was their primary protection
> and offered to be Secret Keeper.

Miles:
Good points. But still, Rowling could come out with a big bang. Or rather a
small one to teach Harry a lesson, that Gryffindor is not THE House, only
one House.

I wrote a mail to the makers of the Harry Potter Lexicon, maybe they have
evidence we did not find by now. I will post the answer here.

Miles